add raid to an existing server?

[kfoster]

I have got a poweredge 1650 that a previous company installed. It has raid capabilities but only one drive. If i add another scsi drive is there anyway i can convert it to mirror on the second drive even if raid was not setup originally ? Will a second drive even show up? I was thinking maybe using some software to just copy it from one to another.

Thanks

 

[Asgorath]

Should Work.

Here's what I would do....

buy 2 drives

Put the 2 drives in, create a RAID1. Boot windows to your old drive.

Use a disk duplication software to copy your current drive to your new array. Make sure the RAID driver is updated in windows first.

Reboot, boot from the RAID array.

Make sure everything is working as planned and run it for a day or so.

Then go into the RAID utilities and set your old drive as a hotspare.