Can I Restore to a single HDD if BackUp from a RAID configuation
I have a 300GB volume in a 4 disk RAID10 array. I would like to copy the array volume to a single HDD. Is it possible to restore a backup created on a RAID array to a single HDD?
I would appreciate any help you can provide.
Regards,

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Assuming your raid is hardware based (Not software Raid), yes you can. I had a RAID 1 hardware environment that I restored to a single non-raid disk. Worked.
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Yes, my RAID controller is an Intel ICHR9. I will restore the backup to a single hard drive and see if it works. I will let you (the group) know. Thank you.
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Chuck, did it work? I have the same issue, RAID0 disks that I wish to clone to a single drive, will it boot after I do this (and change config in bios)?
Thanks...
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Hello Ken. No, unfortunately, it did not work. I was very hopeful especially when Storageman said that his RAID 1 did work. I do not believe that this was an Acronis issue. This was a very old RAID hardware controller. Had it been 1 generation newer, I could have accomplished what I was ultimately trying to do with the controller itself.
I finally have given up on this and the customer is getting a new server.
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Thanks for the info Chuck... My machine is about 6 years old and I decided to to use RAID0 on an Asus MB. I noticed that when I used Acronis, and pointed to the target drive (new 2 gig) it said that the target drive was configured as RAID, which it is not. Maybe it is because I am inserting the new drive into the same machine (as the RAID0) into a seperate drive bay.... Just concerned that the target drive will be corrupted in terms of the bootablilty after I image the RAID (source) to it.... Your thoughts? Again, thanks.
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