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RAID-5
LockedI have just purchased a Compaq Proliant server with 4 hard disks and smartarray card.
Can anyone assists to answer the following?
1) Use SmartStart CD to configure the disks into RAID5 on port 2, only one logical drive. Install Win2K Server on 8GB partition (C:). Use Computer Management to format the remaining disk as drive D:. What kind of disk will drive D: be, dynamic or basic? Is it still part of RAID5, hardware or software control?2) Use SmartStart CD to configure the disks intoRAID5 on port 2, TWO logical drives (8GB and 43GB). Install Win2K Server first drive, 8GB, (C:). After the installation, Computer Management shows that c: is basic disk with 8GB and 43GB unused space. Continue to format the 43GB space as drive D: and it became a simple volume. I couldn’t format it as RAID-5 using the wizard. Is it still part of RAID5, hardware or software control?
3) What is the different of using SmartArray to configure RAID5 and using Win2K Disk Management to configure RAID5? Which one has the say?
Thank You.