I think that just about every hardware RAID card I've used recently store the configuration on the drive itself, so order shouldn't matter. It doesn't matter even on Nvidia onboard pseudo-raid.
Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Recovering data from a mirrored drive So stupid question time - I disconnected them from the controller card - I assumed since they are mirroed it didn't really matter how they were connected - but as I type this I'm worried I might have shot myself in the foot.... does the order they are connected to the controller matter? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But then you have to put in the drivers BEFORE you actually install > the entire hardware but I agree I have had more luck that way. > > Good luck, > > Jon > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends entirely on the drive controller. >> >> What is 100% guaranteed to work is to take the *entire* *drive* >> *array* and hook it up into another machine. >> >> Bryan Garmon wrote: >> > I haven't worked with recovering data off of a Mirrored drive so >> > I'm a little nervous here - but what I was hoping that what I could >> > do is unplug one of the 250GB SATA drives from the RAID card, set >> > it as a slave drive on another system running server 2003, turn on >> > the other system and then pull the data off the partition. Will >> > this work for me to recovery the data? >> > >> > Thanks for any input. >> >> -- >> >> Phil Brutsche >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6ODA1NTYyMzgwOn BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
