"My old RAID drive is not enough large and I want to migrate data from the small disk to a larger one without any data loss in my server. Is there any way to do this?" This is a RAID user's question. Generally, this is a common request as the RAID users. How to solve it? Clone RAID is a good way, by which small RAID disk can be upgraded or migrated data to a larger one and all operating system and applications are fully functional. This is an easy and convenient method. In order to understand RAID clone, let’s learn some knowledge of RAID.
RAID, short for Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks, a category of disk drives that employ two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance. RAID disk drives are used frequently on servers but aren't generally necessary for personal computers. RAID allows you to store the same data redundantly (in multiple paces) in a balanced way to improve overall performance which offers superior performance, storage capacity and reliability over older storage solutions. There are numbers of different RAID levels and RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 are common.
To clone RAID to another disk safely, reliable software is a good choice. EASEUS Todo Backup is free RAID clone software, which is file-by-file disk cloning and both Windows version and WinPE bootable CD support RAID array. It is easy to clone RAID drive by following steps:
1. Launch EASEUS Todo Backup and click "disk clone".
2. Select the source RAID you want to clone.
3. Select a destination disk. You could choose an unallocated disk and all data and programs on the destination disk will be overwritten during the disk clone process.
4. It will show the process.
5. When finishes RAID clone, you may check the cloned disk on Disk Management.
Tips:
1. If the source disk contains boot partition, to make the computer boot normally, you need to remove either the source disk or destination disk from the computer.
2. Boot Linux version from CD-ROM with USB interface is not supported currently.
3. If the temporary file path is the disk that you want to clone to, sector-by-sector clone cannot be achieved until the path is changed to another disk in the Option menu.
Generally, EASEUS Todo Backup is useful freeware to clone RAID array. Besides, this free RAID clone software can also back up RAID, restore RAID or restore RAID by bootble CD, Mount the backup image file and so on.
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