Unlock Native RAID Arrays and Dynamic Disks

Every new motherboard comes with native RAID support. Intel, nVidia and VIA developed their own chipsets to control how exactly RAID arrays are created and managed. No wonder that you lose RAID compatibility once you switch your motherboard vendor!

RAID arrays are used by enthusiasts to speed up their disks, and by system administrators to get better storage reliability. Modern motherboards allow entering into RAID for cheap, offering built-in RAID controllers in many new motherboards except the entry-level ones. The speed and reliability benefits are quickly lost shall you voluntary or involuntary switch to another chipset manufacturer. Upgrading between Intel, nVidia and VIA does not facilitate the migration of the native RAID arrays. It is simply not technically possible to natively mount a RAID array created on one platform onto a chipset by another manufacturer.

If you had a simple Mirror array, you can be fine by taking any one disk and re-creating the array on the new board. But what if you used a Stripe configuration, or even something more challenging such as RAID 5? You’d be forced to use the same type of a motherboard to mount the array and retrieve your data. But where would you put it to considering the storage capacity of the striped array compared with a single hard disk?

Raid 2 Raid by DiskInternals is the ultimate answer to RAID incompatibility. Allowing transferring RAID arrays between different boards, chipsets and manufacturers, Raid 2 Raid returns peace of mind to any user of native RAID.

Raid 2 Raid Supports Intel, nVidia, and VIA chipsets and all types of RAID arrays, including JBod (RAID 0), Stripe (RAID 0), Mirror (RAID 1), RAID 5 (complete data recovery is possible if any disk is missing from the setup), and RAID 0+1 (RAID 10). No matter what chipset the RAID array was created and what chipset you transfer it to, Raid 2 Raid will re-assemble the array and mount it as a single drive letter. Even if your new motherboard lacks hardware RAID capabilities, Raid 2 Raid will still mount the RAID array!

Dynamic Disks introduced in Windows 2000 are software-based RAID arrays. Dynamic Disks remove the concern of hardware upgrade. But what if you move your dynamic disk onto a version of Windows that does not support that particular type of software RAID?

Raid 2 Raid fully supports Dynamic Disks created with all versions of Windows from the early 2000 to the latest 2008 backwards and forwards. Moving a Windows 2008 array onto Windows XP? No problem! FAT, NTFS, and EXT2 file system support, as well as Classic and GPT Partition Style support on all versions of Windows makes Raid 2 Raid a handy, universal companion to any RAID enthusiast.

Raid 2 Raid is completely free. Download your copy now!

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Unlock Native RAID Arrays and Dynamic Disks Every new motherboard comes with native RAID support. Intel, nVidia and VIA developed their own chipsets to control how exactly RAID arrays are created and managed. No wonder that you lose RAID compatibility once you switch your motherboard vendor! RAID arrays are used by enthusiasts to speed up their disks, and by system administrators to get better storage reliability. Modern motherboards allow entering into RAID for cheap, offering built-in RAID controllers in many new motherboards except the entry-level ones. The speed and reliability benefits are quickly lost shall you voluntary or involuntary switch to another chipset manufacturer. Upgrading between Intel, nVidia and VIA does not facilitate the migration of the native RAID arrays. It is simply not technically possible to natively mount a RAID array created on one platform onto a chipset by another manufacturer. If you had a simple Mirror array, you can be fine by taking any one disk and re-creating the array on the new board. But what if you used a Stripe configuration, or even something more challenging such as RAID 5? You’d be forced to use the same type of a motherboard to mount the array and retrieve your data. But where would you put it to considering the storage capacity of the striped array compared with a single hard disk? Raid 2 Raid by DiskInternals is the ultimate answer to RAID incompatibility. Allowing transferring RAID arrays between different boards, chipsets and manufacturers, Raid 2 Raid returns peace of mind to any user of native RAID. Raid 2 Raid Supports Intel, nVidia, and VIA chipsets and all types of RAID arrays, including JBod (RAID 0), Stripe (RAID 0), Mirror (RAID 1), RAID 5 (complete data recovery is possible if any disk is missing from the setup), and RAID 0+1 (RAID 10). No matter what chipset the RAID array was created and what chipset you transfer it to, Raid 2 Raid will re-assemble the array and mount it as a single drive letter. Even if your new motherboard lacks hardware RAID capabilities, Raid 2 Raid will still mount the RAID array! Dynamic Disks introduced in Windows 2000 are software-based RAID arrays. Dynamic Disks remove the concern of hardware upgrade. But what if you move your dynamic disk onto a version of Windows that does not support that particular type of software RAID? Raid 2 Raid fully supports Dynamic Disks created with all versions of Windows from the early 2000 to the latest 2008 backwards and forwards. Moving a Windows 2008 array onto Windows XP? No problem! FAT, NTFS, and EXT2 file system support, as well as Classic and GPT Partition Style support on all versions of Windows makes Raid 2 Raid a handy, universal companion to any RAID enthusiast. Raid 2 Raid is completely free. Download your copy now!
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