[windows2000] Re: Windows software raid0
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:51:39 +0200
Angus Macdonald <> wrote on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:45 AM:
It's probably becuase you use a *striped* set of disks in an array. Raid0 is
IMO a "real" raid which focuses on performance rather than security (which is
probably more common). Blame IETF or IEEC or some such. ;-)
> I've often wondered why RAID-0 is classed as RAID at all. Doesn't the R
> stand for "redundant"? Surely there is no redundancy in RAID-0.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 September 2006 07:43
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Windows software raid0
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>
> Weston, Eric A CTR USAF NASIC/SCNA <> wrote on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
> 6:18 PM:
>
> Clear and to the point. Thx.
>
>
>> A spanned volume is created from free disk space that is linked together
>> from multiple disks. You can extend a spanned volume onto a maximum of 32
>> disks. A spanned volume cannot be mirrored and is not fault-tolerant.
>>
>> A striped volume is a volume whose data is interleaved across two or more
>> physical disks. The data on this type of volume is allocated alternately
>> and evenly to each of the physical disks. A striped volume cannot be
>> mirrored or extended and is not fault-tolerant. Striping is also known as
>> RAID-0.
>>
>>
>> You can add a drive to a spanned volume, but not a RAID-0
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:23 AM
>> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Windows software raid0
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>> David <> wrote on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:19 PM:
>>
>> I don't get you. First you say it's possible, and then not? Which is it??
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>>> Sorin Srbu escribió:
>>>> Really? For sure? I just plug it in and add the new drive to the
>>>> array using the disk managment mmc?
>>>>
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>>>> *Subject:* [windows2000] Re: Windows software raid0
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>>>> Raid0 mean " No RAID" then you can add disks without issues
>>>> Please be sure that you don´t have RAID 0+1
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> *"Sullivan, Glenn"
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>>>> I've never seen Software RAID expand without a rebuild, IME.
>>>>
>>>> Good Disaster recovery Test I guess...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
>>>> David Clark Company Inc.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
>>>> Posted At: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:26 AM Posted To:
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>>>> Subject: [windows2000] Windows software raid0
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>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Suppose I have a 2x disk software raid0-array on a win2k3-computer.
>>>> Would it be possible to add a third disk to the already existent
>>>> raid0-array w/o losing any data? Or is a rebuild necessary?
>>>>
>>>> TIA.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>> no, you must rebuild the partition.
>>> imposible without rebuilding data......
>>
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