[mythtv-users] RAID5 ATA IDE hardware card recommendations for mythbackend machine

[Steve Bower]

>>>>> "Milos" == Milos Prudek <prudek at bvx.cz> writes:

Milos> Is it possible to go from single drive (no RAID) configuration to
Milos> RAID-5 simpy by adding two more harddisks without reformatting or
Milos> backups? It's difficult to backup current harddisks due to their
Milos> sheer size...

Yes, this is possible, and is covered in one of the RAID FAQs
somewhere...

Basically, you use the 2 new drives to create a 3-disk raid5 set that's
missing a drive.  Make your filesystem on it and copy your data over.

Then take your original drive and add it into the raid set to get your
redundancy protection.

Works great.

  Steve.