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to do
raid on professional/workstation/?xp pro or home? I'd use a hardware raid
controller. I don't think "professional" supports software raid.
Look for one with lots of memory, good performance, hotswappability (is that a
word?), support for spare drives, no changes to the OS or disk manager, or
some combination of the previous.
just
make a repair disk set with the disk drivers on it, then test to make sure you
can boot off the floppyset.
I've
used raid controllers from HP, IBM and Adaptec (I think), and had good
success. They'll usually do raid1, 5 and 10. some have raid 15
mirrored striped (also known as plaid). The more expensive (read server)
cards come with more cache, and better managment software. The cheaper
ones (usually) have no hot swap, and more basic config and
management.
I've
mostly done mirror for the system and boot volume, then a stripe set for
data/apps volume. From what I understand it's better not to cache SQL
server as it does it's own caching and performance tuning, and for data and
transaction security in case of power failure.
Of
course that all depends on what apps you are running that need
raid.
Dan
And
here I thought this was a fairly simple question....lol
Win2k Pro doesn't support software raid so I can only assume that XP
doesn't also. I was hoping some of you beta guys could substantiate this for
me.
Regards,
Sean Martin,
MCSE
Network Administrator
Ribelin Lowell &
Company
Insurance Brokers, Inc.
3111 C Street, Suite 300
Anchorage,
Alaska 99503
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Now, you must be kidding? Win2K Pro, NT4 Workstation, do NOT
support raid. Don't know about XP, but I would assume the
same.
Did you mean your comments as a joke, Benjamin?
I hope this was meant as some kind of joke. Being an MCSE and
Support Specialist you should know that Winxp PRO does in fact have RAID-1
much like Win2k PRO has it, and WINNT4.0 has it..
Again Sean, it does support software raid1, I am using it on XP RC2
-2526 and XP 2565? or whatever their full version is
Good Luck
XP
does not support it, but Windows 2002 Server (Advanced, Datacenter,
etc.) will.
Dee Abson,
MCSE
PC Support Specialist, ICT,
SAIT
Phone:
403-210-4506
FAX:
403-284-7238
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original
Message-----
From: Sean
Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001
11:06 AM
To: NT System
Admin Issues
Subject:
RE: Does Windows XP provide Disk mirroring?
I'm somewhat
familiar with the Pro's and Con's, but thanks for the info :o) I also
know the procedure for disk mirroring, I just needed to know if XP
supports it as W2k Pro does not.
Thanks
again!
Regards,
Sean Martin,
MCSE
Network
Administrator
Ribelin
Lowell & Company
Insurance Brokers,
Inc.
3111 C Street, Suite
300
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Ph:
(907) 561-1250
Fax: (907)
561-4315
Cell: (907)
229-0885
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original
Message-----
From: Dee
Abson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001
6:56 AM
To: NT System
Admin Issues
Subject:
RE: Does Windows XP provide Disk mirroring?
Warning: If you want disk
mirroring (or any software RAID under W2K) you HAVE to use dynamic
disks, and once they're dynamic there's NO going back. Your
familiar disk utilities may no longer work, and you have now forsaken
partitions for volumes. Good luck. ;)
Fire up Computer Management (from
Administrative Tools, or right-click on My Computer and pick Manage),
and click on Disk Management. In turn, right click on the hard
drives you want to mirror and select "Upgrade to Dynamic Disk...".
Once your disks are dynamic, right click on the simple volume you want
to mirror, select "Add Mirror..." and follow the wizard. Remember
that you can only mirror simple volumes, not a spanned volume or
similar.
Dee Abson, MCSE
PC
Support Specialist, ICT, SAIT
Phone:
403-210-4506
FAX:
403-284-7238
E-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original
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From: TDI Custom Computers
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 25, 2001 10:08 PM
To: NT
System Admin Issues
Subject:
Re: Does Windows XP provide Disk mirroring?
In the MMC just like
W2k.
Mike
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