Speaking of new card, that server has a 3ware 9650 2 port card, when I went looking for a replacement i found the 4 port to be less expensive, http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_5?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=3ware+9650se&sprefix=3ware%2Caps%2C469
would using a 4 port card (connecting only the 2 discs) present a problem? Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: SV: [NTSysADM] hardware raid to software raid Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:31:15 +0000 This sounds like an early pata/sata raid system where both drives in a hw mirror often were visible to the OS. Therefore it would work when the local tech connected the drive directly to the motherboard. Normally the two physical drives are hidden from the OS, and the raid card presents a virtual drive for it. So far the second drive is a backup. If you try to make a sw raid with that, it would be formatted. Hence no backup. Myself I would wait for a new card. Jo E Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av J- P Sendt: 9. januar 2015 01:06 Til: NT Emne: [NTSysADM] hardware raid to software raid 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
