Does Raid 1 require a format?

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Many places say a format is required but others do not (normally Mac and Linux specific). I currently have a 1TB Hitachi 7k1000 hard disk with an Asus Maximus Formula SE motherboard. If I was to add a second identical hard drive would it automatically copy the files over or is a complete format required?

Thanks in advance.
 
Dunno but you are a smart man for thinking about doing this! My Raid 1on my Intel board did not need a format (if I remember correctly) but I have been hearing that it does for a lot of external drives (which takes a very long time).
 
I've never had RAID1 require a format before. Generally controllers asks what drive you want to rebuild from for the initial build.

Disclaimer: Back up your data just because. :p
 
Hi Guys
I work with a lot of external RAID systems. Firstly, the RAID needs to be setup, and this takes a good few hours even just with two drives. Next, you need to format the hard drive for the specific OS that you're using, like XP, Linux etc. The RAID system (I'm talking external raid here) has no idea of the OS so its another step. Here is a link to the type of product I mean. Hope this helps!
http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/Enclosures-and-Cases/sc884/p541.aspx
 
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