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=====Software Mirroring=====

=====Software Mirroring=====

The SME Server comes by default with RAID disk mirroring. The level of Raid depends on the number of drives installed.  The server is configured to accept any number of drives and will function properly. You can verify the RAID status from the console. If you later wish to add more drives, just add them and instruct the server via the console to create the mirror.  It will take some time to build so do it during scheduled maintenance. They can be either SCSI or SATA or even IDE drives, but we strongly advise they are the same size and type.  

The SME Server comes by default with RAID disk mirroring or striping: the level of RAID depends on the number of drives installed.  The server is configured to accept any number of drives and will function properly. You can verify the RAID status from the console. If you later wish to add more drives, just add them and instruct the server via the console to create the mirror.  It will take some time to build so do it during scheduled maintenance. They can be either SCSI or SATA or even IDE drives, but we strongly advise they are the same size and type.  

There is more technical information on SME Raid at http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid

We strongly recommend that you consult the current technical information on SME Raid at http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid before commencing an install.

{{Note box| SME Server 10 differs from SME server 9.2 in that the default install will only configure a Raid 1 configuration regardless of the number of hard drives available. There are selectable install options for other Raid configurations available from the install menu when sufficient hard drives are installed to support that Raid config}}

{{Note box| SME Server 10 differs from SME server 9.2 in that the default install will only configure a Raid 1 configuration regardless of the number of hard drives available. There are selectable install options for other Raid configurations available from the install menu when sufficient hard drives are installed to support that Raid config}}