[dba-Tech] Win2k Server and RAID

Not correct.  You can Mirror the OS 'volume' in Windows 2000 server, using
the software RAID.  It just can't be part of a RAID 5 volume.

Go into disk management, make the main drive, and your 'second' drive
'Dynamic Disks'.  It will require a reboot.  Once that is done, simply right
click on your root partition, and tell it to Add Mirror.

Piece of cake.

As for your earlier question for performance issues, you won't really see
any performance drop, but you will get performance gain on drive access.
Mirrored will read twice as fast, striped will write twice as fast, and RAID
5 will read and write faster.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:03 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Win2k Server and RAID


William,
My understanding is that when using software RAID 1 Windows OS can not be on
a mirrored drive. When using hardware RAID 1 it can. is this correct?

John

> -----Original Message-----
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> Hindman
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:24 PM
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>
>
>
> ...it takes up cpu cycles ...but if your server is primarily a file server
> rather than applications oriented, the added cycles won't be noticed.
>
> William Hindman
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> government is force. It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:25 PM
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> > Does configuring RAID 1 with Win2k Server without a dedicated RAID card
> have
> > any major drawbacks?
> >
> > TIA
> > John
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