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March 14th 04, 06:42 AM
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Can you setup RAID 1 with a regular m/b using XP?
Hi all,
I've got a pc setup as an file server. This pc hosts files for other systems to access. The drive has 2 identical 120G ide drives (same channel). For redundancy purposes, I would like to setup the 2nd drive to mirror the first. The problem is, the m/b does not support raid. Without hardware modifications, can XP create a raid 1 setup? I've read about xp being able to do raid 0, but raid 1....? If xp is not capable, are there any recommended applications to accomplish this? Tia! 
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March 14th 04, 08:41 AM
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easiest way would be to buy an IDE add in card that supports this - they are
less than £20
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March 14th 04, 10:58 AM
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 06:42:54 GMT, "stevensly"
wrote: Hi all, I've got a pc setup as an file server. This pc hosts files for other systems to access. The drive has 2 identical 120G ide drives (same channel). For redundancy purposes, I would like to setup the 2nd drive to mirror the first. The problem is, the m/b does not support raid. Without hardware modifications, can XP create a raid 1 setup? I've read about xp being able to do raid 0, but raid 1....? If xp is not capable, are there any recommended applications to accomplish this? Tia! IIRC, Microsoft in their infinite wisdom, decided to remove this feature and instead require you to buy Win2K Server. Recommended applications? Linux? A PCI RAID card will do the trick too.
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March 14th 04, 06:03 PM
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Hi Paul/Kony,
thanks for your replies. It looks like this will have to be a hardware solution. Have you guys tried this method? Tia! "stevensly" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Hi all, I've got a pc setup as an file server. This pc hosts files for other systems to access. The drive has 2 identical 120G ide drives (same channel). For redundancy purposes, I would like to setup the 2nd drive to mirror the first. The problem is, the m/b does not support raid. Without hardware modifications, can XP create a raid 1 setup? I've read about xp being able to do raid 0, but raid 1....? If xp is not capable, are there any recommended applications to accomplish this? Tia!
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March 14th 04, 10:50 PM
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Install a PCI RAID card in your computer.
-- DaveW "stevensly" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Hi all, I've got a pc setup as an file server. This pc hosts files for other systems to access. The drive has 2 identical 120G ide drives (same channel). For redundancy purposes, I would like to setup the 2nd drive to mirror the first. The problem is, the m/b does not support raid. Without hardware modifications, can XP create a raid 1 setup? I've read about xp being able to do raid 0, but raid 1....? If xp is not capable, are there any recommended applications to accomplish this? Tia!
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