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Can I clone one drive to another?
Start Cloning Process You have two main options: you can directly clone one disk to another, or create an image of a disk. Select the disk you want to copy (making sure to check the leftmost box if your disk has multiple partitions) and click “Clone This Disk” or “Image This Disk.”
How do I add a drive to a RAID array?
Confirm the RAID level, and then click Choose the Operation. Select Add Drives, and Choose the operation you want to perform dialogue box will be displayed. Select Add Drives. Select the drives you want to add, and then click Apply Changes.
Can I use different hard drives for RAID?
Must hard drives in a RAID array be identical? No. It is perfectly valid to use hard drives from different manufacturers, model numbers, sizes, and rotational speed (spindle speed or RPM).
Why do I need to clone a RAID 0 disk?
The problem with RAID 0 is that it is vulnerable to security flaws since if for some reason the information on the main disk was corrupted, it would also be corrupted on the mirror disk. For this reason, it is necessary to clone the information on a disk that will not be part of the RAID.
Can a new hard drive be used for a raid?
Nice thing when using new drives for a RAID is that your data is always safe on the original disk. Hope this helps. 1) Insert new 80gb hard drive, go into RAID configuration & have it copy Disk 1 to disk 2, then once it is 100% tested & working, replace the original disk & go vice-versa
How to create a raid with new SAS drives?
Choice Computing Limited is an IT service provider. I’ve been thru this a couple times. Create your RAID1 with your new SAS drives, then use Ghost or Acronis util’ to copy an image of your original disk to the new array. Nice thing when using new drives for a RAID is that your data is always safe on the original disk. Hope this helps.
Why do you need to clone a disk?
For this reason, it is necessary to clone the information on a disk that will not be part of the RAID. RAID technology (redundant array of independent disks) allows you to use two or more disks to structure the information in certain ways to take full advantage of the capacities of the disks and thus achieve some benefits.