Moving a RAID set to a new controller

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The time has finally come to upgrade my computer, and the last problem I need to take care of is how to deal with a pair of stripes disks I have. Currently, I have 2 750GB drives in RAID 0, plugged into the motherboard. The mobo will be getting scrapped in the upgrade, and I've purchased a SATA card to use instead. The controller on both the motherboard and SATA card is the Silicon Image 3114.

Now what I am not sure of, is whether or not I will have do dump whatever is on the drives in order to move them to the SATA card. My thought was that since the controller is the same, I can just move it right over, but I'm not sure if it would be as easy as that.

I suppose my question then, is what is the best thing for me to do?
 
back it up. sometimes you can move raids over, but the few times ive tried it didn't work. (even with the same controller)
 
best thing is to backup your data and then put the drives on the new mobo (new mobo should have enough sata ports....no need for a sata card)
 
criccio said:
Googling the SIL3114 leads me to believe that it is just a SATA controller, no RAID functionality at all. What am I missing here? http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?pid=28
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I'm sure you're not missing anything. I had figured that since my mobo and the SATA card both have a RAID option, that it was built in to the 3114.

I know I could probably get by without the card, but I felt like one of the mistakes that I had made with my current computer was using the built in RAID capability. I may be assuming things again, but my thinking was that if the array was set up on the card itself, it would be a lot easier to maintain, should I ever need to upgrade or replace something. That, and I want to use RAID 5, the 2 drives that I have right now are striped and I've always felt very nervous that one of the drives would go down, and I'd lose a ton of data.
 
Ok, after reading about that specific card more, it says the "RAID" is handled completely in software via their proprietary SATARaid software. If I was in your situation, I would look for a "real" RAID card like a Perc5/i, and prepare to do a re-installation of Windows.
 
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