I have a workstation with 4 x 74GB 10K WD disk drives in RAID 10 that I want to upgrade to 2 x 256GB SSD in RAID 1. What is the best way to do this? Do I have to backup the data and then essentially do a "new build" where I install the new drives, configure the RAID array, re-install the OS, re-install the programs, and restore the data from backups ... or is there an easier way to migrate? Could I reconfigure the existing RAID array from RAID 10 to RAID 0, remove the 2 existing drives and replace them with the 2 new SSD, configure a second RAID array with RAID 1, and then copy the data from the RAID 0 array to the RAID 1 array? When I read the motherboard manual I did not find a way to reconfigure a RAID array; it basically states that "resetting" a RAID volume will erase all data. The motherboard is a Supermicro PDSGE. The new SSD are OCZ Vertex 460 which are supposed to come with adapters and some version of Acronis True Image. I have never used imaging software before. I do have a 2TB USB drive that I can use for backup / imaging. I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 64-bit so my current install is fairly recent otherwise a fresh install would make the most sense.
Changing from 4 drives in RAID 10 to 2 SSD in RAID 1
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Please remember that no form of raid is a backup. A surge that kills your pc would likely kill all the drives in the raid as well. Ditto for an encrypting virus.
You dont mention which motherbd you have so I will assume you dont have a way to attach all 6 drives at the same time to do a direct copy.
I would backup the raid10 twice, and make sure they are valid. Remove then 4 drives and install the two SSD's. Configure the raid and install Windows fresh and reinstall the data when done.
Running the raid 10 in a degraded raid0 would also work but its just not he way I would do it. I've not had any luck cloning a chipset raid to another pair of drives and getting it to actually boot up when done. I dont even try anymore. A fresh install from a USB stick is pretty quick.
You dont mention which motherbd you have so I will assume you dont have a way to attach all 6 drives at the same time to do a direct copy.
I would backup the raid10 twice, and make sure they are valid. Remove then 4 drives and install the two SSD's. Configure the raid and install Windows fresh and reinstall the data when done.
Running the raid 10 in a degraded raid0 would also work but its just not he way I would do it. I've not had any luck cloning a chipset raid to another pair of drives and getting it to actually boot up when done. I dont even try anymore. A fresh install from a USB stick is pretty quick.
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