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Mac Pro RAID

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rumrunner

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May 8, 2007
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Hello All,

Sorry bit of a newb question here...

I have sold my Mac Pro but I have two hard drives in RAID that I did not sell with the machine. When I take these out of the machine and pop them into the new one, will they still be recognized as being RAID and function properly?

Thanks
 
rumrunner said:
Hello All,

Sorry bit of a newb question here...

I have sold my Mac Pro but I have two hard drives in RAID that I did not sell with the machine. When I take these out of the machine and pop them into the new one, will they still be recognized as being RAID and function properly?

Thanks
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How did you implement the RAID? Software (OS X)?

If so, do they contain the entire OS?
 
rumrunner said:
Yes it was the boot drive
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You should be fine then.

Just remove the drive that comes with it, and replace with the existing drives (RAID 0) in the same locations (may not matter), but just in case. :p

The partition tables are located in the boot sector, so it should boot up. :D
 
nanofrog said:
You should be fine then.

Just remove the drive that comes with it, and replace with the existing drives (RAID 0) in the same locations (may not matter), but just in case. :p

The partition tables are located in the boot sector, so it should boot up. :D
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Phew!! Disaster adverted! Thanks for the advice, again. I love this place!
 
rumrunner said:
Phew!! Disaster adverted! Thanks for the advice, again. I love this place!
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It's based in the OS, and that's not changing on you. If it were a different controller chip, and the utility provided by the chip manufacturer, you'd loose it. :eek: (Usually the case with software RAID). :(

You actually got lucky. :D :p
 
nanofrog said:
It's based in the OS, and that's not changing on you. If it were a different controller chip, and the utility provided by the chip manufacturer, you'd loose it. :eek: (Usually the case with software RAID). :(

You actually got lucky. :D :p
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Boy did I ever! I may still pick up a 1TB external and back it up. :D
 
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