Sata hard drive data to SATA/RAID 5

[balaji31d]

Hi,

We have a very old IBM X-Series 100 server in our office which is out of warrenty and have lot of issues - So bought a new IBM X-3650.

Old server - 1 TB SATA hard drive (Commonly shared files - Rightb now usage is 595 GB)
New Server - Got 4 TB hard drive (Out of which 1 is hot spare, usable space 1.8 TB, no partition, RAID 5)

Now i need to transfer all my data in the old server to new server. I can reconfigure the delete all the arrays and reconfigure my RAID arrays.

Need advice on how i can transfer the data other than connect it to a switch? Using any software like Ghost or something else? I dont have a extra SATA port in new server.

Tks
Balaji M

[Bantu]

If you select manual mode, there are more options available to you. Some of the things you will be able to do: click on the files u want moved and drag them 2 the slave not all files can be copied. if you want 2 move all get a program called mirror program. It copies everything os system all.

• Select the partitioning and data transfer method
• Define partition information on the new disk
• Remove all information from the old disk
• Create new partitions on the old disk

[balaji31d]

Thanks for the reply.

But i need to know if Ghost or any other program (I am not sure of the mirror program) would accomplsh my task.

i.e. Since i have 4 x 1 TB Hard drive for new server (3 HD = Data | 1.8 TB usable ; 1 HD = Hot spare)

Can i connect my old SATA hard drive to the Hot spare port and transfer data from the Old SATA to the 3 Newly RAID 5 configured HD using Ghost ?

Note: There is no data in 3 new HD. So i can reconfigure my Raid 5 once again.

[balaji31d]

Or is it possible to add the old 1 TB hard drive to the new (yet to be configured) set of HD's and stripe the volume w/o data loss?

[Zachary]

Yes, you can use ghost and can also use one of these to clone that disk to the new one.

Drive Image
http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/
PowerQuest has clearly put a lot of effort into making Drive Image 2002 easy to use. When you launch the program, a straightforward wizard walks you through the process of either creating a backup of your hard drive or restoring it, detailing each step of the process.

Acronis TrueImage
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/
Acronis TrueImage 6.0 has an interface that makes it an ideal solution for users with basic drive-imaging needs and a desire for simplicity. The wizard for backing up a hard drive is extremely intuitive; it lets you back up partitions of a hard drive to another partition on the same drive or to optical media. Unlike Drive Image and Ghost, TrueImage does not require exclusive access to the file system to make a copy of all files. And whereas other programs require you to reboot into DOS mode to complete most operations, TrueImage needs to leave Windows only to restore a hard drive.

Casper XP
is the next generation of Drive2Drive, designed exclusively for Windows XP and Windows 2000 systems.
http://www.fssdev.com/products/casperxp/

Also vendors of hard disks have disk utilities and part of this package is a cloning utility and they are free.

fujitsu
http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download...es/#diagnostic

IBM and Hitachi
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

Maxtor
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm

Samsung
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hd...ies_index.html

Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/
www.westerndigital.com

Source: PC magazine

[balaji31d]

Thanks for the links provided buddy. Will defenitely give it a shot.

One small question - Eventually i need to have the DATA HD's in Raid 5.

So, if i clone it using any of these softwares after configuring the HD as RAID 0, 1 or 5 from a Normal SATA HD, will i be able to retain the DATA after connecting back to the server?

First, if i configur Raid 0 or Raid 1 - After cloning, i will need to Redo the Raid 5 again. So i believe i will lose my data
Secondly, if i configure my HD to Raid 5 - After data transfer, if i connect it to server, will the data get striped between the other 2 HD's.

I have a small suggestion: Can i just buy a SATA to USB connector and transfer data

[balaji31d]

Hi all,

Issue resolved.

Norton Ghost wasnt working. Acronis did the job for me.

1. Configured RAID 5 in new server
2. Connected old SATA HD to new server using SATA-USB convertor
3. Disk Cloned using Acronis
4. After booting to the desktop, Extended the partition in New Server

Thanks for your posts.

Rgds
Balaji M