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Best way to implement new RAID 0?

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rtierney

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Im my current setup, I have a 120GB SATA harddrive. I've recently come across another 120GB SATA drive and a RAID 0/1 card and am wondering what the best way to get all of my data off my current drive and onto the RAID 0 array will be?

I'd rather not just backup what I can onto my 160GB external, and reinstall Windows and everything else from scratch since I have quite a bit of software and that would take many hours.

Is there any decent/smooth way to do it with Ghost? Maybe install the RAID card in my current setup, then create a ghost image of it, setup the RAID 0 array, and then restore the ghost image to the array?

I'm not entirely certain that'll work without a hitch, but it's the best idea I can think of at the moment.

Does anyone else have an idea or done something similar?
 
I currently run a RAID 0 array, so my first suggestion would be not to do it.
But, if you are deadset, I would say that the image route should work. I have no experience with it myself, mind you, but it seems to me that if you make an image of your current hard drive, set up your new RAID array, and put the image on that, it should work.

Someone with more experience should probably weigh in on this, however.
 
drdeutsch said:
I currently run a RAID 0 array, so my first suggestion would be not to do it.
But, if you are deadset, I would say that the image route should work. I have no experience with it myself, mind you, but it seems to me that if you make an image of your current hard drive, set up your new RAID array, and put the image on that, it should work.

Someone with more experience should probably weigh in on this, however.
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Bad experience with your RAID? Or performance just not what you thought it'd be?
 
A little of both. I haven't done any benchmarks to compare performance, but it gets to be a pain when reformatting and setting up the drivers and BIOS and whatnot.

But, after reading countless threads where the performance of RAID 0 is debunked, I'm pretty sure my rig is no exception.

After playing with RAID 0 for a few years now, I think it's time to move on to something easier and more stable.
 
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