Got it. I did not understand that there was a RAID 1 array involved. On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 7:45 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote:
> the server had a hardware raid mirror , it stopped booting, can only > assume that a port on the card failed- my Swahili is a bit off so its hard > for me to communicate with the local tech, the data files/shares are > replicated to the man office via DFSR > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 19:36:26 -0500 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] hardware raid to software raid > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > So no actual RAID array involving multiple disks? > > There are so many unanswered questions here that it's pretty much > impossible to offer advice. > > The only thing I'll say is that I would be completely sure of good backups > before tampering with that disk. > On Jan 8, 2015 7:10 PM, "J- P" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > I have server in a field office that stopped booting, the local tech > disconnected the drives from the RAID card and connected it to the > motherboard, the system now boots, and shows the second drive as offline is > disk management. > > I dont know how long it will be till we can get another card shipped over > there and installed, so i was wondering if I should attempt to "online the > second disc" and try to create a windows raid, or just wait till we can get > a replacement card? > > any thoughts? > > OS is 2008r2 > > tia > > >
