Raid 1(mirror) on Windows server 2003

[saflyfish]

I understand that the disks need to be made dynamic before creating a mirror.
My question is:does the second drive or destination drive for the mirror need to be formatted first or can it be unformatted.
Thanks

 

[TheLad]

Are you doing hardware or software RAID? You'd probably be better off doing hardware RAID if your server supports it

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[saflyfish]

Thanks for response.It will be software raid in this case

 

[LWComputingMVP]

The drive MUST NOT be formatted or even partitioned. If it is, it won't let you create the mirror.

I recommend redoing this with hardware RAID. Dynamic Disks can be a nightmare to deal with and once you convert, you cannot revert back (without SERIOUS headaches, and then only MAYBE).

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[mofusjtf]

I agree with Lee. Hardware RAID is the ideal way to go for RAID.