On my old self-built gaming system, I had a RAID5 array for my data drive built using three 500G SATA hard drives, the array having been built just using the RAID functions built-in to the mobo (no external/add-in RAID controller).
Well, that mobo is toast now - something on it literally smoked. But oh well, it was time to build a new one anyway, and for my new one I'm thinking of going with an AMD Ryzen-based system.
However, I want to preserve the data on that RAID5 array if at all possible (I do have a backup, but it's like 10-12 months outdated).
Has anyone tried something like this? Is it likely to work, or no?
Relevant details on the old system: Intel Z68-chipset mobo (literally, Intel-brand board), i7-2600K CPU, 1x Sandisk 256G SSD boot drive on SATA 3, 3x Hitachi 500G hard drives in RAID 5 (on SATA 2, I believe - those Z68 boards only had a couple SATA 3 ports, others were all SATA 2 - although note the drives themselves are SATA 3 capable). OS was Win7 Pro.
Unfortunately, I cannot even boot the dead mobo into BIOS to see what kind of configuration settings I had made. I just remember striping it as RAID5. I believe there was an Intel-branded Rapid Storage Utility on the OS which allowed me to monitor the health of the array.
So, again, the question is: if the drives themselves are still good, is it likely that a contemporary AMD-motherboard BIOS wil be able to recognize that older RAID5 array and mount the drive in the OS? Is there anything I can do to increase the likelihood of it working - for example, would I need to ensure the drives are connected in a similar order (SATA ports 0-2, for example)? If not, would I have better luck with a new Intel-based board?
Well, that mobo is toast now - something on it literally smoked. But oh well, it was time to build a new one anyway, and for my new one I'm thinking of going with an AMD Ryzen-based system.
However, I want to preserve the data on that RAID5 array if at all possible (I do have a backup, but it's like 10-12 months outdated).
Has anyone tried something like this? Is it likely to work, or no?
Relevant details on the old system: Intel Z68-chipset mobo (literally, Intel-brand board), i7-2600K CPU, 1x Sandisk 256G SSD boot drive on SATA 3, 3x Hitachi 500G hard drives in RAID 5 (on SATA 2, I believe - those Z68 boards only had a couple SATA 3 ports, others were all SATA 2 - although note the drives themselves are SATA 3 capable). OS was Win7 Pro.
Unfortunately, I cannot even boot the dead mobo into BIOS to see what kind of configuration settings I had made. I just remember striping it as RAID5. I believe there was an Intel-branded Rapid Storage Utility on the OS which allowed me to monitor the health of the array.
So, again, the question is: if the drives themselves are still good, is it likely that a contemporary AMD-motherboard BIOS wil be able to recognize that older RAID5 array and mount the drive in the OS? Is there anything I can do to increase the likelihood of it working - for example, would I need to ensure the drives are connected in a similar order (SATA ports 0-2, for example)? If not, would I have better luck with a new Intel-based board?