Hey all,
I am renting a dedicated server that has 2 SSD drives in a Raid-1 configuration. Windows Server 2008 is the OS and the Raid is software-based.
The nature of my business does not require data safety and since SSDs are much more reliable than traditional hard drives, I'm considering Raid-0.
The problem is that I do not have physical access to the server, and any managed assistance is extremely costly. I am in other words limited to the hardware and software I have.
So my question is how I can migrate from Raid-1 to Raid-0?
The only thing I can think of is to do the following:
1. Shrink the partition in half.
2. Create a new striped partition with the new half.
3. Somehow (ideas?) ghost the initial partition over to the new one.
4. Restart and run the ghosted Windows.
5. Delete the old partition.
6. Extend the new partition back to SSD size.
Would this work? If yes, ideas of how to do step (3)?
Thanks!
I am renting a dedicated server that has 2 SSD drives in a Raid-1 configuration. Windows Server 2008 is the OS and the Raid is software-based.
The nature of my business does not require data safety and since SSDs are much more reliable than traditional hard drives, I'm considering Raid-0.
The problem is that I do not have physical access to the server, and any managed assistance is extremely costly. I am in other words limited to the hardware and software I have.
So my question is how I can migrate from Raid-1 to Raid-0?
The only thing I can think of is to do the following:
1. Shrink the partition in half.
2. Create a new striped partition with the new half.
3. Somehow (ideas?) ghost the initial partition over to the new one.
4. Restart and run the ghosted Windows.
5. Delete the old partition.
6. Extend the new partition back to SSD size.
Would this work? If yes, ideas of how to do step (3)?
Thanks!
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