RAID Migration -> ICH10R to NForce RAID

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Limp Gawd
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Any easy way to Migrate RAID Drives from Intel's ICH10R to NForce RAID (I'll be moving from G45 platform to nVidia 9300)? Trying to minimize the pain of moving 6TB of data... :(
 
can't migrate from ich10 to nforce, You need to backup your data, create new array on the nforce and then restore from backup.
 
You have a six terabyte raid array? That's huge. Backing that up is going to be fun!
 
You may want to migrate to a stand alone controller for future sanity.

Don
 
Ouch is all I can say. You will need to dump all that data somewhere while you rebuild the array.
 
DonDon said:
You may want to migrate to a stand alone controller for future sanity.

Don
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My LSI MegaRAID 8308ELP actually can import ICH9R RAID's. I did that once with success. Not sure about ICH10R but it should work.

houkouonchi said:
6TB on software raid... oh god that is scary.
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It frightens me as well. Though that isn't a pure software solution. There is some hardware acceleration in onboard RAID controllers.
 
At the price you can get hardware controllers these days it doesn't make sense to not get one when you have that much data.

I decided I wanted hardware raid when I only had 1TB of data, now with almost 7 between my two computers I find it to be a must.
 
thebeephaha said:
At the price you can get hardware controllers these days it doesn't make sense to not get one when you have that much data.

I decided I wanted hardware raid when I only had 1TB of data, now with almost 7 between my two computers I find it to be a must.
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As cheap as those Dell Perc controllers are there is no reason not to have one if you really care about your data or you are managing insane amounts of it in the home.
 
This is the reason I use a good quality Raid Card. I can transfer it to a new motherboard at any time and never have to worry about rebuilding.
 
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