Migrate Windows RAID 0 setup to a new system
Migrate Windows RAID 0 setup to a new system
Hello, I'm currently operating a modest server for home storage, mainly in video format. I recently acquired a workstation board with around 12 SATA ports, which perfectly fits my expansion plans. This project is budget-friendly and includes roughly 4 drives with a combined capacity of about 16 terabytes. I wasn't aiming for backup, so the server runs Windows RAID 0. Right now, I'm attempting to transfer those 4 drives—currently holding around 10 terabytes (half the total)—to a different operating system. The RAID 0 setup is purely for data, and the new installation won't recognize the RAID configuration. I'm seeking guidance on two main points: First, how will the Windows RAID 0 behave after removing all drives and moving them to another system? I suspect the new OS won't understand it, so it shouldn't work. Is there a proper method to migrate software RAID? Second, I plan to add another 2 drives later. Although I understand RAID 1 or RAID 5 would be preferable, the different drive sizes and drivers are confusing me. Regarding the new board (ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS) with 10 SATA ports and additional smaller ports, what purpose do those serve? Are there adapters or special setups I should use? Thank you in advance for any help, even if it's just basic advice.
When all member drives are available, the new Windows setup should correctly select the correct stripe. If you previously configured a hardware RAID, you’d need to either hope and attempt importing it as an external configuration or relocate the controller with its drives. The smaller connectors are labeled "SATA Express," compatible with both SATA and NVME devices. I think you only need cables featuring the SATA Express connector on one side and the standard SATA connector on the other. For mixing drives of varying capacities with some parity, your best choices seem to be solutions like Unraid, which would require a dedicated parity drive as the largest unit.
You can also utilize storage areas on windows. This allows you to maintain a collection of drives with varying sizes, employing multiple raid levels within a single drive pool. This setup is also compatible with Windows configurations using SnapRAID and drivepool.
You attempted to reinstall Windows 10 using a new stripe, but only three of the five drives were recognized. The import process failed because it couldn't locate the remaining disks. To recover your data, you may need to back up any important files before proceeding with further steps.
Hello everyone! I'm having an issue while trying to migrade my Windows RAID 0 (striped) volume software raid to a whole different system (different system disk, different motherboard, different ram, different GPU, basically whole new system). I was told that the new windows should pick the stripe right up but that was not the case with my migration. As soon as I installed the new windows and connected ALL the drives which container the RAID 0, I encountered a "foreign drive" error on some driver. The former RAID 0 configuration was made out of 5 DRIVES, being 16 terabytes all together. What the new windows discovered was ONLY 3 out of 5 disks. The two non-discovered disks were visible, I could do stuff with them like format them but they were not acting as part of the old striped volume. After I tried to import foreign drive config (inside windows disk manager on 3 out of 5 disks) all I've gotten was instead of "foreign" there was "failed" under the dynamic drive import (see included image). Is there a way to save the data (5 drives total, used 10.5tb out of 16tb total)? Besides the importing foreign config in windows disk management I haven't done anything else. I've attached a screenshot of all the driver which were present when it worked on the old system EXCEPT the 120gb system drive which I only added and installed the windows on, after installation of windows I've addes the importatnt 5 drives hoping the new windows will pick them up as striped volume asap. Thanks very much to anyone who even reads this, I'd really appreciate the help.
This information carries significant value. If crucial, forward it to the recovery team. For a DIY approach, you can try testing those disks on your old system again. Which five should you pick? The image displays six, and it seems inconsistent with typical raid 0 sizes.