Is it possible to migrate raid 5 array to another controller?

Samuel Clements sclements at linkline.com
Thu Jul 22 10:04:21 PDT 2004


> I'm agreeing no. There's no standard for how a controller should
> write RAID meta data to the disks in the array. We have moved disks
> from one Compaq RAID controller to a newer model but that's because
> Compaq does, in part, have it's own internal standard for storing
> meta data.


With the only possible exception to this being controllers from
manufacturers that have been purchased from someone else. Eg: from an ICP
Vortex to an Intel, but even then it'd only be specific models.
  -Sam



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