The Raid Migration Adventure
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Page 1:Organ Transplantation For Storage Professionals: Migrate Your RAID Array
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Page 2:Integrated Controller/Southbridge History
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Page 3:Source Platforms
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Page 4:Intel ICH8R: Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
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Page 5:Target Platforms
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Page 6:How To Migrate: First Steps
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Page 7:Migration Test Results...
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Page 8:... To Nvidia nForce 590 MCP
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Page 9:Integrated Controller/Southbridge History
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Page 10:Source Platforms
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Page 11:Intel ICH8R: Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
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Page 12:Target Platforms
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Page 13:How To Migrate: First Steps
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Page 14:Migration Test Results...
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Page 15:... To Nvidia nForce 590 MCP
How To Migrate: First Steps
How To Migrate : First Steps
First of all, we strongly recommend that you back up all of your important data before trying any migration, because we don’t know that any company has ever validated RAID migration scenarios. As a result, there is no guarantee of success here whatsoever.
The ideal scenario would be that you only need to attach the drives to the new controller. In most cases it is obviously not going to be that easy ; here are some of the open questions :
Can Windows boot on the target system if the correct storage driver isn’t installed ?
You can try selecting a default storage driver under Windows, but our experience has been that this doesn’t work either.
Does the order in which you attach the drives to the storage controller matter ?
Some controllers complain, while others don’t.
Is it possible to add the appropriate storage driver ?
Yes, it is. You will have to run a Windows XP or Vista repair installation. Go all the way to where you select the installation partition. When Windows ask you if you want to reinstall or repair, choose repair. The system will keep all your installed applications, but you will have to reinstall drivers - including the mass storage driver.
If the migration process fails, will I be able to put the source system back together ?
Yes. We did not lose data by hooking up our RAID drives to a new controller. Unless you physically change the RAID setup, the new controller should not touch the disk contents.
Test Setups
| CPU | |
|---|---|
| Socket 478 | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz (Prescott 90 nm, 3.0 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 754 | AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Clawhammer 130 nm, 2.0 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 775 | Intel Pentium 4 560 (Prescott 90 nm, 3.6 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 775 | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 939 | AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (Clawhammer 130 nm, 2.4 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket AM2 | AMD Athlon X2 5600+ (Windsor 90 nm, 2.8 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard | |
| Intel Platform S775 | Lanparty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G
AMD Crossfire Xpress 3200 For Intel / SB600 |
| AMD Platform 754 | DFI Lanparty UT nF3 250Gb
NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb |
| AMD Platform AM2 | Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI |
| Intel Platform S478 | Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
Intel 875P, ICH5R, Promise FastTrak |
| Intel Platform S775 | Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe
Intel 925XE, ICH6R |
| Intel Platform S775 | MSI 975X Platinum Power Up Edition
Intel 975X, ICH7R |
| Intel Platform S775 | Gigabyte 965P-DQ6
Intel P965, ICH8R |
| Intel Platform S775 | Asus P5K3 Deluxe
Intel P35, ICH9R |
| AMD Platform 939 | Asus A8V Deluxe
VIA K8T800, VIA 8237 |
| RAM | |
| RAM I | Corsair CMX512-3200XLPRO XMS3208v1.1
2x 512 MB DDR-400 (CL 2.0-2-2-5) |
| RAM II | Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-8 1T) |
| RAM III | GeIL DDR3-1066 G31GB1066C6DC
2x 512 MB DDR3-1066 (6-6-6-15) |
| Hard Disk | |
| Hard Disk I | Western Digital WD1500ADFD
2x 150 GB 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA150 |
| Hard Disk II | Samsung HD321KJ
2x 320 GB 7.200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA300 |
| DVD-ROM | |
| DVD-ROM I | Gigabyte GO-D1600A (16/48 X) IDE ATA133 |
| DVD-ROM II | Samsung SH-D163A (16/48 X) SATA150 |
| Graphics Card | |
| Graphics Card I | Zotac 8800GTS
GPU : Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS (500 MHz) RAM : 320 MB GDDR3 (1200 MHz) |
| Graphics Card II | ATI Radeon 9800XT
GPU : ATI R360 (412 MHz) RAM : 256 MB GDDR2 (730 MHz) |
| Power | |
| Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510
ATX 2.01, 510 W |
| Power Supply | Enermax EG565P-VE
ATX 2.01, 510 W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform AMD Radeon Xpress 3200 for Intel | ATI Catalyst 6.11 |
| Platform Nvidia nForce3 250Gb | nForce Driver 5.11 |
| Platform Nvidia nForce 590 SLI | nForce Driver 9.35 |
| Platform Intel 875P | INF Update Utility 8.2.0.1014 |
| Platform Intel ICH5 | RAID/AHCI Software 5.5.0.1035 |
| Platform Intel 925XE/P965/975X | INF Update Utility 8.2.0.1014 |
| Platform Intel ICH6/7/8 | RAID/AHCI Software 7.0.0.1020 |
| Platform Intel P35 | INF Update Utility 8.3.0.1013 |
| Platform Intel ICH9 | RAID/AHCI Software 7.5.0.1017 |
| Platform VIA K8T800 Pro/8237 | HyperionPro 5.11A |
| Graphics Driver NVIDIA | ForceWare Release 158 |
| Graphics Driver ATI | Catalyst 7.4 |
- Organ Transplantation For Storage Professionals: Migrate Your RAID Array
- Integrated Controller/Southbridge History
- Source Platforms
- Intel ICH8R: Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
- Target Platforms
- How To Migrate: First Steps
- Migration Test Results...
- ... To Nvidia nForce 590 MCP
- Integrated Controller/Southbridge History
- Source Platforms
- Intel ICH8R: Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
- Target Platforms
- How To Migrate: First Steps
- Migration Test Results...
- ... To Nvidia nForce 590 MCP
I was already expecting that and tryed to run a repair install. The problem is, even when i correctly load my RAID drivers provided by the mb maker, winxp install doesn't detect the disks. If I set the SATA mode to AHCI in the BIOS winxp can detect them but the repair doesn't allow me to boot windows.
What am I doing wrong and how can i fix it?