Dynamic disk mirror and norton ghost

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

Hello,

I googled some stuff.. It say's that norton ghost 2003 works with dynamic disks set up as mirros.. i just want to know.. has anyone tried this?? any problems???

thanks

 

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

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[RancidWAnnaRIot]

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[Ice Czar]

hmmm....

maybe people listen to me more than I thought
Ive been cautioning folks about Dynamic Disks for quite awhile in here
and dont really know of many members running software RAID

Ghost should just see it as a single HDD to image,
but I too have no direct experience

 

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

hmmm....

maybe people listen to me more than I thought
Ive been cautioning folks about Dynamic Disks for quite awhile in here
and dont really know of many members running software RAID

Ghost should just see it as a single HDD to image,
but I too have no direct experience

i see i see..

yes.. well you are the alpha and omega of Hard.

 

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

What's bad about setting up a mirror with dynamic disks and then setting up a hardware RAID 1?

just wondering.

This might sound like a dumb question.. but who actually uses RAID? especially RAID 0??

 

[Ice Czar]

well dynamic disks are like a really incomprehensible dialect of a language you speak
with all sorts of special cases and rules,
unless your willing to learn them its best to stay away,
performances advantages are few, but the potential for misadventure is great


Dynamic Disks
Description of Disk Groups in Windows Disk Management
Dynamic vs. Basic Storage in Windows 2000
Basic and Dynamic Disks @ Windows & .net Magazine
HOW TO: Recover an Accidentally Deleted NTFS or FAT32 Dynamic Volume
Dynamic Disk Hardware Limitations (No firewire, USB, removable or laptop)
HOW TO: Set Up Fault-Tolerant Sets on Dynamic Disks in Windows 2000
Dynamic Disk Numbering and the DmDiag.exe Tool
HOW TO: Regenerate a Dynamic Mirrored Volume in Windows 2000
Restrictions on Extending or Spanning Simple Volumes on Dynamic Disks

Limits of Dynamic Disks in Windows 2000
LDMDump (Freeware utility) @ sysinternals
LDM Database @ Linux-NTFS project
LDM FAQ @ Linux-NTFS project


I always advise you read em all before proceeding

click that next to last link, and youll see exactly how different Dynamic Disks are from the normal Partition Tables you might be used to, meaning recovery is sort of special

RAID 0 is still quite common in hardware, but who actually needs it are relatively few with modern HDDs, any ap that is dealing with large sequential reads or writes
read realtime video editing or other large graphics work, and then only as transitory performance space
its what I would generally recommend
let me dig up a few links on the subject it is fairly subjective to usage patterns with "desktop\gamer" users

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=806689&highlight=femme would have all the links youd need

 

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

It seems like you can mirror basic disks?

 

[Ice Czar]

not without hardware

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313061

1.To Prepare the New Hard Disk

1. Right-click the new basic disk, and then click Upgrade to Dynamic Disk.

 

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

I wanted to do something fancy with a new HDD that's coming soon.. but.. i think i'm just gonna use the extra space.. lol.. screw that..