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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: TequilaChaser on November 11, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
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How Do I Remove a RAID setup?
I am running 2 SATA hard drives in RAID - 1 (duplicated mirrored backup )
I am wanting to remove this and seperate the 2 hard drives, so I can build out another PC with the extra HD.
what should I do 1st? remove the RAID setup and files?
The RAID setup is the software version that comes with most ASUS motherboards
my version is Silicon Image SATARaid ver 1.13
in removing this, if I make sure I remove all the correct drives, will there be any ill effects or foreseeable problems that will pop up?
my motherboard and both SATA HD's are hotswappable.....and this has worked without problems since 2003 or 2004 ( Thanks to Whels that is ).......
Another Question:
with the HD's being hotswappable, is it possible to just remove 1 HD, and maybe replace the 2nd HD in a few weeks to 1 month, what problems would this cause? if any
as for running RAID 1, I do not notice even a slight hit in performance, although everything is being wrote to 2 different HD's each time.......
EDIT: System SPecs:
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe MB
BIOS ver 1012
AMD AthlonXP 2800+ Model 10 stepping 0 2.09 gHz
Corsair 1024( 1 gig ) PC3200 Ram
(2) Hitachi 160 Gig SATA HD's
ATI Radeon X800/850 Pro 256 Meg DDR3 vidcard ( AGP Slot )
Soundblaster PC512 for gaming & joystick use only
ASUS DVD DL ReWriter includes DVD-Ram etc etc etc...
ASUS DVD Rom
SOYO Case ( yes it is very old but very reliable )
(main)
M-Audio Delta 1010 LT PCI / Digidesign Mbox 2 USB Audio/MIDI Pro Tools LE Interface
Line 6 TonePort UX2 USB Recording/Modeling Interface
bunch of fans and ducted fans
nothing overclocked processor nor memory
old Antec TP II 650 watt Power Supply
DELL ULtraSharp 19" LCD monitor hooked up in Analog VGA mode for higher screen refresh ( DVI cuts it off at 60 mhz )
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You should just be able to remove one without having to do anything.
You will get a message during start telling you one of the drives is offline, but just ignore it.
Later on just put a new drive back in a it will either automatically rebuild the RAID 1, or you will have to tell it to resynch.
Important - New drive has to be at LEAST as big as the original drive. Preferably same model, same size.