Adding non raid disk to RAID1

Sb78 · Sep 23, 2014

I curently have a server that i run my accounts software on which has two 1tb disks on a RAID 1.
Is it possible to add a third disk, ideally 2TB, but set up as a single storage disk? The Raid 1s are both on a single sata3 connection and I have 4 sata 2 board connections. Am i right in thinking I could sinply install adisk on one of the sata 2 ports and the bios will do the rest or will this cause issues?

legokill101 · Sep 23, 2014

yes you will have to set it up as a seprate volume but its doable

kanewolf · Sep 23, 2014

You should be able to add the disk. It WONT be part of the RAID. It should show up in the disk manager but may not be mounted at first.

Saberus · Sep 23, 2014

As long as you don't tamper with the disks physically or in the RAID setup, you will be fine to add a 2TB in as a stand alone disk.

SuperSoph_WD · Sep 23, 2014

Hey there, Sb78!

As the community already answered, you can add a third SATA HDD.
After you install it, you need to enter BIOS and make sure that the SATA port the HDD is connected to is set to 'Auto'.
Otherwise Windows won't be able to recognize it. First, you need to make sure that the new hard drive is partitioned and formatted using Disk Management:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3865

Hope this helps.

SuperSoph_WD

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