Migrating Raid Array

[Epic_Boi]

I have an asus Z97-E motherboard with two WD10EZEXs in raid 0. If i buy an Asus z170-a can i just plug the two drives into the new mobo and will the raid remain usable?

[Electronics Wizardy]

What are you using for raid?

 

Should work but might not.

 

Id suggest not using mobo raid as it sucks and using storage spaces in windows instead. Its much better and migrates much better.

[Epic_Boi]

Well i suppose i cant change it to that after i have it set up on mobo raid, because i have like 1.3 TB of games that i don't want to download again. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, EpicGamingVideos said:

Well i suppose i cant change it to that after i have it set up on mobo raid.

 

Make a storage spaces array and restore backups?

[Epic_Boi]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Make a storage spaces array and restore backups?

What backups?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, EpicGamingVideos said:

What backups?

yea you need to make some. thats a great way to lose data.

[Epic_Boi]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

yea you need to make some. thats a great way to lose data.

I have backups, thats not my main issue. I have 1.5 TB of games on the raid those dont need to be backed up but i also dont want to redownload them.

[AnonymousGuy]

Yes, Intel RAID arrays migrate around between chipsets just fine.  I've moved mine to probably 5 different motherboards over the last few years.

 

Just switch the controller to RAID mode, reboot, and then set boot order if its a boot drive.

 

Oh, pro tip, try to keep the drives in the same "order" of SATA ports.  I had a quirk one time where on Mobo A it was SATA 0 and Sata 1 and then it didn't work in Mobo B in Sata 3 and Sata 5.

[Epic_Boi]

7 hours ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Yes, Intel RAID arrays migrate around between chipsets just fine.  I've moved mine to probably 5 different motherboards over the last few years.

 

Just switch the controller to RAID mode, reboot, and then set boot order if its a boot drive.

 

Oh, pro tip, try to keep the drives in the same "order" of SATA ports.  I had a quirk one time where on Mobo A it was SATA 0 and Sata 1 and then it didn't work in Mobo B in Sata 3 and Sata 5.

OK thanks, good to know.