RAID 1 Migration

[kirbyrj]

I have a RAID 1 array on a Marvell RAID controller on an Asus board I have. I'd like to move it over to an Intel ICH10R controller. Can I do it? How would I go about doing it? I don't mind rebuilding the array, I just don't want to lose the data.

 

[dbwillis]

One easy way would be if the current OS install has the drivers for the ICH10R controller (it should if they are on the same board)
Just image one raid to the other raid, although youd have to either have drives to use on the 10R setup, or another drive to store an image of the Marvell raid setup, then move the drives to the 10R setup and pull the image onto the raid

 

[kirbyrj]

Yeah, I don't have extra drives like that lying around. I am hoping just pull the drives and rebuild on the new controller.

 

[Dangman]

Well no matter what you do, I recommend at least backing up your data somewhere. AFAIK, Intel controllers cannot read or initialize RAID arrays from other manufacturers. But it's worth a try (pull the drives and initialize on the new controller) if your data is safely backed up somewhere.

But more than likely, you're gonna have to rebuild the array and lose any and all data on those drives. So back up.