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    mirror setting

    hi there
    how can I configure my partition in order to do a mirror ( then we can save data if disk goes bad) configuration on a compaq prolian 1600 box with two SCSI disk. the installation will be in windows 2000 server family and it isn't going to be a primary controller. it will be a storage server and spooling printer jobs.
    thanks

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    You configure a mirror in Disk Management. Right click on 'My Computer' and select Manage. The help screens can walk you through the process.

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    Can be one or I need two partitions at least?

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    You mirror drives, not partitions. You need two physical drives.

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    Hi!

    You can do software-based mirroring within Winows2000 using the Disk Management snap-in (as found in the Computer Management administrative tool). You need to convert both physical discs to Dynamic Discs first (a one-way process that will stop them from being accessible from under Windows9x).
    Then you can mirror existing volumes (volumes are the dynamic disc equivalent of partitions) or create a new mirrored volume from scratch.
    You need two phsical discs to make a mirror but you need not mirror the entire drive - just an equal sized portion of each disc.

    Best wishes,


    Andrew

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    Doesn’t the Compaq proliant 1600 have hardware RAID on the mother board???

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