Hayes it is the LSI Megaraid 300-8 SATA. Didn't understand your response. If I added a drive to the array will windows just see the expanded size?
thanks "-----Original Message----- "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- "[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins "Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:44 PM "To: [email protected] "Subject: RE: [H] Any Help? FW: Raid Questions " " " ">From: "rls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ">Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> ">To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> ">Subject: [H] Any Help? FW: Raid Questions ">Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:33:44 -0400 "> ">Ok - most important - ">Have established a 4 drive array (raid5). The controller will let me add ">additional drives to the array. I have about 300G of data currently on the ">drive. ">So I plan to add 2 drives. "> ">Once windowsXP restarts will what will happen? ">-Will I have to re-initialize the drive (the array)? ">-Will I have to re-format the drive or will it inherit the drive mapping ">structure from the initial formatting? " "For most hardware raid cards, the OS is not a factor as the array is "managed "in the RAID BIOS - whether or not it will keep your partitioning intact is "entirely dependent on the card manufacturer. What card is this? " "> ">------------------ ">Any problems with the following options selected? ">------------------ "> ">Write Policy options: WriteThru or WriteBack. ">Have it set to WriteThru. "> ">Read Policy ">Options: Adaptive Read Ahead -or- Read Ahead -or- Normal ">Have it set to Adaptive Read Ahead "> ">Cache Policy ">Options: Caching I/O -or- Normal ">Have it set to Caching I/O "> "> ">If it matters no battery backup on the controller but the computer has an ">UPS. ">Cache on the controller - 128 meg "> ">Thanks "> ">
