RAID question

> It sound like it is set up for raid 0 which is striped across 2 disks.
> The 2 disks will appear as one. You need raid 1 if you are mirroring.

> the SATA disk you see have a total capacity which equals both SATA

> If so this is probably the case.
> "Will Sutton" <sutton@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote in message
> news:c4q2hn$2krvke$1@ID-202516.news.uni-berlin.de...

> > Have a mirror RAID setup but not sure if its working correctly. Its the
> > onboard RAID that comes with the Asus A7N8X mobo. Its not my bootable

> drive

> > ( which is a normal IDE drive ) but its where I want to save data that I
> > want to keep ( thats why its mirrored ). When I boot I see the RAID

> showing

> > a mirror striped set but when I get into WinXP it only shows the one

> > drive. I installed the SATA Raid utility that came with the motherboard

> and

> > sent myself the configuration information and it shows as follows :
> >
> >
> > "SATARaid Configuration Information. 04-April-2004 22:34.30
> > SATALink Version 1, 0, 0, 11
> >
> >
> > Computer Information -
> > Name A7N8X
> > Microsoft Windows XP 5.1
> > Service Pack 1
> >
> >
> > NO SII ADAPTERS FOUND!!!"
> >
> >
> > Now it looks like the mirror RAID is not working . I can see nothing

> I

> > go into disk management ( well I can see the IDE, the one SATA drive and
> > CDROM ) so how do I know if my data is been protected by been copied to

> the

> > other Sata drive?
> >
> > btw: both sata drives used for the raid are the same Maxtor 120gig

> >
> >
> >

>
>

> It sound like it is set up for raid 0 which is striped across 2 disks.
> The 2 disks will appear as one. You need raid 1 if you are mirroring.

> the SATA disk you see have a total capacity which equals both SATA

> If so this is probably the case.
> "Will Sutton" <sutton@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote in message
> news:c4q2hn$2krvke$1@ID-202516.news.uni-berlin.de...

> > Have a mirror RAID setup but not sure if its working correctly. Its the
> > onboard RAID that comes with the Asus A7N8X mobo. Its not my bootable

> drive

> > ( which is a normal IDE drive ) but its where I want to save data that I
> > want to keep ( thats why its mirrored ). When I boot I see the RAID

> showing

> > a mirror striped set but when I get into WinXP it only shows the one

> > drive. I installed the SATA Raid utility that came with the motherboard

> and

> > sent myself the configuration information and it shows as follows :
> >
> >
> > "SATARaid Configuration Information. 04-April-2004 22:34.30
> > SATALink Version 1, 0, 0, 11
> >
> >
> > Computer Information -
> > Name A7N8X
> > Microsoft Windows XP 5.1
> > Service Pack 1
> >
> >
> > NO SII ADAPTERS FOUND!!!"
> >
> >
> > Now it looks like the mirror RAID is not working . I can see nothing

> I

> > go into disk management ( well I can see the IDE, the one SATA drive and
> > CDROM ) so how do I know if my data is been protected by been copied to

> the

> > other Sata drive?
> >
> > btw: both sata drives used for the raid are the same Maxtor 120gig

> >
> >
> >

>
>

> Sorry for the confusion. I just realised I used the wrong jargon when I

> the word
> stripe but I was going from my memory instead of rebooting and writing

> the correct
> details. Anyway, removed the mirror set and both drives then showed under

> and both
> had the same data on them so them so the mirror RAID was working but for
> some strange
> reason the utility installed under WinXP wouldn't work correctly ( ie.

> the correct
> details )
>
> anyone have a utility for monitoring the mirror RAID under WinXP ?
>
> btw: thx Kawipoo
>
>
> "Kawipoo" <xxx@xxx.com> wrote in message
> news:eWJcaXpGEHA.2308@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> > It sound like it is set up for raid 0 which is striped across 2 disks.
> > The 2 disks will appear as one. You need raid 1 if you are mirroring.

> Does

> > the SATA disk you see have a total capacity which equals both SATA

> drives?

> > If so this is probably the case.
> > "Will Sutton" <sutton@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:c4q2hn$2krvke$1@ID-202516.news.uni-berlin.de...

> > > Have a mirror RAID setup but not sure if its working correctly. Its

> > > onboard RAID that comes with the Asus A7N8X mobo. Its not my bootable

> > drive

> > > ( which is a normal IDE drive ) but its where I want to save data that

> > > want to keep ( thats why its mirrored ). When I boot I see the RAID

> > showing

> > > a mirror striped set but when I get into WinXP it only shows the one

> SATA

> > > drive. I installed the SATA Raid utility that came with the

> > and

> > > sent myself the configuration information and it shows as follows :
> > >
> > >
> > > "SATARaid Configuration Information. 04-April-2004 22:34.30
> > > SATALink Version 1, 0, 0, 11
> > >
> > >
> > > Computer Information -
> > > Name A7N8X
> > > Microsoft Windows XP 5.1
> > > Service Pack 1
> > >
> > >
> > > NO SII ADAPTERS FOUND!!!"
> > >
> > >
> > > Now it looks like the mirror RAID is not working . I can see nothing

> when

> > I

> > > go into disk management ( well I can see the IDE, the one SATA drive

> > > CDROM ) so how do I know if my data is been protected by been copied

> > the

> > > other Sata drive?
> > >
> > > btw: both sata drives used for the raid are the same Maxtor 120gig

> drives

> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>

> If mirror raid the o/s will see only the one disk
> If the raid has failed you will get a warning on reboot.
> The raid utility was this the SataRaid GUI utility? - mine functions fine,
> though I must admit I used the GUI utility downloaded from the Silicon

> site.

>
> "DL" <dl@spoofmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OvXctQqGEHA.2084@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> > If mirror raid the o/s will see only the one disk
> > If the raid has failed you will get a warning on reboot.
> > The raid utility was this the SataRaid GUI utility? - mine functions

> > though I must admit I used the GUI utility downloaded from the Silicon

> Image

> > site.

>
> SATALink Version 1, 0, 0, 11 is the version from Silicon Image that I have
>
>
>