on my server i have 2 200gb drives that i would like to mirror. i also have other drives in the server, but i want to leave them alone. it is running winxp pro. this will allow me to have one drive letter for 2 physical disks
from what i've read, i need to do the following:
backup the data first, duh
convert both disks to dynamic disks
i read that the mirror needs to be unallocated space...i'm not 100% sure that needs to be like that. but if so, i'll have to delete the partition
then i right click on the drive that i want mirrored and select add mirror, then from there i think i select the other drive
i have a few questions, what happens when one drive fails? can i just throw in another drive and have it remirror everything? how do you go about doing that?
what type of system is required for this? i recently upgraded my server to a 900mhz athlon with 384 ram and it serves everything really well for me
also, is it possible to pull one of the drives and put it in a winxp pro computer and pull data off of it? (i doubt i will have to do this, but i may)
from what i've read, i need to do the following:
backup the data first, duh
convert both disks to dynamic disks
i read that the mirror needs to be unallocated space...i'm not 100% sure that needs to be like that. but if so, i'll have to delete the partition
then i right click on the drive that i want mirrored and select add mirror, then from there i think i select the other drive
i have a few questions, what happens when one drive fails? can i just throw in another drive and have it remirror everything? how do you go about doing that?
what type of system is required for this? i recently upgraded my server to a 900mhz athlon with 384 ram and it serves everything really well for me
also, is it possible to pull one of the drives and put it in a winxp pro computer and pull data off of it? (i doubt i will have to do this, but i may)