How to verify RAID-1 is working?

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Michael Mason

I've got a system with an IDE drive and a SATA drive set up as a mirror
with RAID-1. What is the easiest way to confirm that this setup is indeed
functioning as intended? I do recall that when I set the system up for a
friend that it was confirmed as working (it's an Asus MB) but he wants a
quick and dirty way to look and make sure...

Any quick tips appreciated.

Mike
 
If you break the mirror, either should be bootable independently (that's
afterall the definition of a mirror). So break it (that normally doesn't do
anything to the HD, it just stops the RAID controller from copying the
contents of the HD #1 to HD #2). At that point, either should be 100%
identical to the other, so either should boot and behave identically as a
single, non-RAID drive.

Jim
 
I vote for taking a hammer to one of the drives while everything is in
operation! Can you post the video?

Clint
 
an956 said:
I've got a system with an IDE drive and a SATA drive set up as a mirror
with RAID-1. What is the easiest way to confirm that this setup is indeed
functioning as intended? I do recall that when I set the system up for a
friend that it was confirmed as working (it's an Asus MB) but he wants a
quick and dirty way to look and make sure...

Any quick tips appreciated.
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If it's a RAID that you setup in the BIOS, there should
also be a status screen (at least with Promise RAID
BIOS) that you can check status. Promise RAID also
comes with software that lets you monitor the array
under Windows.
 
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