A query on raid arrays

[Guest nesredep egrob]

I have a 750 SATA disk on which I hold all my photos and video. When that disk

is half full it will be a devil to backup. I therefore thought that I should

install another similar disk in a raid array. Well I sat down and read and

worked my way through it and eventually got there but not without some extra

unexpected work - that being saving what was on the original 750GB disk as I got

a message duing the installation that all data would be lost.

 

I wonder if I got it wrong at some time as I would have thought that the new

disk should have picked up what was already stored.

 

It is now done - I have the raid array working fine now - I just wonder if I

could have done it in a smarter way.

 

For your information, my stats are:

Win 2000, Pentium IV 3Ghz

1 Gb memory,ADSL via router DSL 504G

200+200 GB disks partitioned C:D:E;as 9.76GB 88.2GB,88.2GB

F: G: as 93.1,93.1 for data

750 sata raid array[2] for photo and video

320GB external USB2 for Acronis Images (backups)

Borge Pedersen :-)

Perth, Australia

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[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: A query on raid arrays

 

No, that was correct. Backup and restore.

 

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"nesredep egrob" wrote:

>I have a 750 SATA disk on which I hold all my photos and video. When that

>disk

> is half full it will be a devil to backup. I therefore thought that I

> should

> install another similar disk in a raid array. Well I sat down and read and

> worked my way through it and eventually got there but not without some

> extra

> unexpected work - that being saving what was on the original 750GB disk as

> I got

> a message duing the installation that all data would be lost.

>

> I wonder if I got it wrong at some time as I would have thought that the

> new

> disk should have picked up what was already stored.

>

> It is now done - I have the raid array working fine now - I just wonder if

> I

> could have done it in a smarter way.

>

> For your information, my stats are:

> Win 2000, Pentium IV 3Ghz

> 1 Gb memory,ADSL via router DSL 504G

> 200+200 GB disks partitioned C:D:E;as 9.76GB 88.2GB,88.2GB

> F: G: as 93.1,93.1 for data

> 750 sata raid array[2] for photo and video

> 320GB external USB2 for Acronis Images (backups)

> Borge Pedersen :-)

> Perth, Australia

> mailto:b_o_r_g_e@SPAMiinet.net.au

> remove SPAM and underlines for email