[windows2000] Re: Windows software raid0

  • From: Angus Macdonald <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:44:34 +0100

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


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
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> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Windows software raid0
>
> 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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>>>       Raid0 mean " No RAID" then you can add disks without issues
>>>       Please be sure that you don´t have RAID 0+1
>>>
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>>>       I've never seen Software RAID expand without a rebuild, IME.
>>>
>>>       Good Disaster recovery Test I guess...
>>>
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>>>       Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
>>>       David Clark Company Inc.
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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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