upgrade standalone hd to raid1?

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I am about to build a webserver that is supposed to have a raid1 mirror
drive system (hardware controller). I was wondering if the system could be
built with just one hd for the time being and then another hd added to make
it a true raid1 in the future. Or do I have to get the two hds at the same
time before installing the operating system?
 
Previously ChangeGuy said:
I am about to build a webserver that is supposed to have a raid1 mirror
drive system (hardware controller). I was wondering if the system could be
built with just one hd for the time being and then another hd added to make
it a true raid1 in the future. Or do I have to get the two hds at the same
time before installing the operating system?
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You cannot just copy over the disk to get RAID1. There need to be space
for a RAID descriptor block. Maybe you can do the following (works
with Linux software-RAID): Add second disk, create RAID1 in degraded
mode on it (only one disk), copy data over, and then add the first
disk to the array.

Arno
 
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