Hello,
I am learning about RAID and trying to figure out if it is for me and how to go about doing it. As well as what type of RAID to do.
System Specs:
BIOSTAR TF720 2+ - supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
3.2 GHZ AMD X2
8GB PC 6400
Drives:
ST980811AS (Storage)
WD10EADS-00L5B1 (W7 X86)
WD2500KS-00MJB0 (W7 X64)
WD5000KS-00MNB0 (Storage)
I also have a PCI card installed that has two 1.5gb/s SATA slots one of which my lite on DVD burner is plugged into.
The first problem I have is that my file structure is a mess. I need to be able to clean it up and not loose anything important. I have had these drives for years and they have all had multiple OS's installed on them. I want to get down to just one installation of W7 X64. Before I go too much further I should say that I use this computer more as a server and work horse. I do some web serving but mostly use it for file sharing within my network. Believe it or I do not have enough room to back everything up and they are all almost full.
Second problem is that I cannot add anymore drives. The board has 6 SATA slots but I can only use 4 in IDE mode which I did not know the difference when I first built the computer many years ago. Only once I turn on AHCI+RAID mode can I use the last two spaces.
Here is my idea please tell me if it will work. I am looking at picking up another drive (maybe even an SSD), disconnecting all the drives I have in it now, and installing a clean W7 X64 and enabling RAID. Then one by one plugging in the other drives and cleaning them up (including removing the OS's that they have on them). My question is can this be done relatively easily? And how do I make it work?
data integrity and preventing loss is key but speed is always nice.
Thank you!
I am learning about RAID and trying to figure out if it is for me and how to go about doing it. As well as what type of RAID to do.
System Specs:
BIOSTAR TF720 2+ - supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
3.2 GHZ AMD X2
8GB PC 6400
Drives:
ST980811AS (Storage)
WD10EADS-00L5B1 (W7 X86)
WD2500KS-00MJB0 (W7 X64)
WD5000KS-00MNB0 (Storage)
I also have a PCI card installed that has two 1.5gb/s SATA slots one of which my lite on DVD burner is plugged into.
The first problem I have is that my file structure is a mess. I need to be able to clean it up and not loose anything important. I have had these drives for years and they have all had multiple OS's installed on them. I want to get down to just one installation of W7 X64. Before I go too much further I should say that I use this computer more as a server and work horse. I do some web serving but mostly use it for file sharing within my network. Believe it or I do not have enough room to back everything up and they are all almost full.
Second problem is that I cannot add anymore drives. The board has 6 SATA slots but I can only use 4 in IDE mode which I did not know the difference when I first built the computer many years ago. Only once I turn on AHCI+RAID mode can I use the last two spaces.
Here is my idea please tell me if it will work. I am looking at picking up another drive (maybe even an SSD), disconnecting all the drives I have in it now, and installing a clean W7 X64 and enabling RAID. Then one by one plugging in the other drives and cleaning them up (including removing the OS's that they have on them). My question is can this be done relatively easily? And how do I make it work?
data integrity and preventing loss is key but speed is always nice.
Thank you!