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    I have 3 internal drives on WHS 2011 and 1 USB 2T drive for backups.

    I originally set it up like this:

    500 Gig drive for OS, which the system split into 59G C:\ and 406G D:\

    2, 1T drives that I made into a software raid, it is called G:\

    I want to split apart the 2, 1T drives called G:\ (get rid of the raid)

    Is there a way to do this without loosing all the data on the G: drive?

    Thanks

    Bob


    • Edited by Bob Millard Sunday, December 30, 2012 11:38 PM
    Sunday, December 30, 2012 11:36 PM

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    The easiest way requires extra hardware, which you could connect to your server and then use the Dashboard to move the shared folders from the RAID to your newly connected drive.

    Alternatively, as long as you have the data backed up as part of a server backup, you could just break down the RAID and add the individual disks back as server storage and restore data to them from a server backup.

    If you have another computer system available you could copy the data there before breaking down the RAID.

    A fourth and slightly more risky option, dependent upon what type of RAID you have and how much data you have stored, is to remove one of the RAID drives, clean it and add it back as server storage. You should then be able to move data to it from the degraded RAID - DO NOT TRY THIS IF YOU HAVE A RAID 0 where the data is not duplicated.

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.

    • Marked as answer by Bob Millard Monday, December 31, 2012 2:54 AM
    Monday, December 31, 2012 1:29 AM

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    The easiest way requires extra hardware, which you could connect to your server and then use the Dashboard to move the shared folders from the RAID to your newly connected drive.

    Alternatively, as long as you have the data backed up as part of a server backup, you could just break down the RAID and add the individual disks back as server storage and restore data to them from a server backup.

    If you have another computer system available you could copy the data there before breaking down the RAID.

    A fourth and slightly more risky option, dependent upon what type of RAID you have and how much data you have stored, is to remove one of the RAID drives, clean it and add it back as server storage. You should then be able to move data to it from the degraded RAID - DO NOT TRY THIS IF YOU HAVE A RAID 0 where the data is not duplicated.

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.

    • Marked as answer by Bob Millard Monday, December 31, 2012 2:54 AM
    Monday, December 31, 2012 1:29 AM
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    Phil

    Thank you for the reply.

    Any of those options will work for me.

    I think I will copy the data to another drive so I am sure it is safe, then remove one raid drive, add it back as storage and then see if I can move the data from the raid drive that is left......................that sounds like more fun, and a better learning experience.

    Bob

    Monday, December 31, 2012 3:01 AM