Mirroring of two drive

mohitgoyal · 09-02-2007, 06:07 AM

hi
i want toconfigue mirror in two drives in my servier so that i can prevent from data loss..
i need to know how can i do it is there any commant for doing this.

please let me know

thanks

**Cellus** · 09-04-2007, 11:46 AM

What you are looking for is a RAID 1 setup.

There are two different flavours of RAID available, hardware and software. While Windows supports software RAID, its reliability is questionable - hardware RAID is highly recommended.

You will need a hardware RAID controller. Most servers (more recently even desktops) come with either an on-board hardware RAID controller on the motherboard or one via a PCI expansion card. Configuring a RAID array is as simple as accessing the RAID controller's user interface on computer start-up (you will be prompted to press a certain key to access RAID setup during POST). The particular RAID config you are looking for is known as RAID 1 (also known as a mirrored set). RAID 1 is fairly "mickey mouse" to set up, you shouldn't have any problems so long as everything is hooked up properly.

09-02-2007, 06:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
mohitgoyal Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: India Posts: 55 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium	Mirroring of two drive hi i want toconfigue mirror in two drives in my servier so that i can prevent from data loss.. i need to know how can i do it is there any commant for doing this. please let me know thanks __________________ Thanks, Mohit Goyal mcp/n+/a+/ccna/slcp

09-04-2007, 11:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,664 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3 My System	Re: Mirroring of two drive What you are looking for is a RAID 1 setup. There are two different flavours of RAID available, hardware and software. While Windows supports software RAID, its reliability is questionable - hardware RAID is highly recommended. You will need a hardware RAID controller. Most servers (more recently even desktops) come with either an on-board hardware RAID controller on the motherboard or one via a PCI expansion card. Configuring a RAID array is as simple as accessing the RAID controller's user interface on computer start-up (you will be prompted to press a certain key to access RAID setup during POST). The particular RAID config you are looking for is known as RAID 1 (also known as a mirrored set). RAID 1 is fairly "mickey mouse" to set up, you shouldn't have any problems so long as everything is hooked up properly. __________________ TSF Networking Team Virus/Trojan/Spyware Removal Help Donate!