Partition RAID on Windows Server without Destroying Data

Server users need to partition RAID regularly so as to maximize the performance of their Windows server computers. To protect the important data, you need the safest way to partition RAID on Windows server without destroying any data. This article will provide a solution to partition RAID on Windows server which is not only safe but also extremely easy to perform.

What Is RAID?

Before partitioning RAID on Windows server, you may want to learn more about RAID.

Back in the late 1980's and early 1990's, computer information servers were encountering a dramatic increase in the amount of data they needed to serve and store. Storage technologies were getting very expensive to place a large number of high capacity hard drives in the servers. A solution was needed and RAID came out.

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is a system developed whereby a large number of low cost hard drives can be linked together to form a single large capacity storage device that offered superior performance, storage capacity and reliability over older storage solutions. It has been widely used and deployed method for storage in the enterprise and server markets, but over the past 5 years has become much more common in end user systems.

The Design Goals of RAID

Some of the design goals of the RAID storage system are to provide performance improvements, storage reliability and recovery, and scalability. The redundancy concept employed in the RAID system is unique and provides a method to recover if one drive should fail within the system. In fact, today's RAID controller cards have the ability to continue reading and writing data even if one drive is "off-line".

Advantages of RAID

The purpose of partitioning RAID is to make full use of the advantages of RAID. Generally speaking, there are three primary reasons that RAID was implemented:

Redundancy
Increased Performance
Lower Costs

Redundancy is the most important factor in the development of RAID for server environments. This allows for a form of backup of the data in the storage array in the event of a failure. If one of the drives in the array fails, it can either be swapped out for a new drive without turning the systems off (referred to as hot swappable) or the redundant drive could be used. The method of redundancy depends on which version of RAID is used.

The increased performance is only found when specific versions of the RAID are used. Performance will also be dependent upon the number of drives used in the array and the controller.

All managers of IT departments like low costs. When the RAID standards were being developed, cost was also a key issue. The point of a RAID array is to provide the same or greater storage capacity for a system compared to using individual high capacity hard drives. A good example of this can be seen in the price differences between the highest capacity hard drives and lower capacity drives. Three drives of a smaller size could cost less than an individual high-capacity drive but provide more capacity.

The Versions of RAID

There are several versions of hardware RAID: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Among them, RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 are the most commonly used RAID versions. So speaking of partitioning RAID, server users often mean to partition RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5.

Here's an image of RAID 5.

How to Partition RAID on Windows Server without Destroying Data?

From above, we know that RAID is preferred by Windows server users for its high reliability and excellent performance. To partition RAID on Windows server, you need a safe third-party RAID partitioning tool which provides the easiest way to partition RAID without destroying data, such as EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition.

This program is especially designed to address the needs of server users to manage their RAID partitions with a range of powerful functions, including: Resize and Move Partitions, Copy Partition, Copy Disk, Format Partitions, Convert Partitions, Explore Partitions, etc. With improved compatibility with hardware RAID, you can use this reliable RAID partitioning tool to partition RAID easily and safely without destroying any data.

Below is the user-friendly interface of EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition.

More about EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition

For small businesses to partition RAID, this powerful RAID partitioning software - EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition is the best choice which is compatible with Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 and Non-Server Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 32 and 64 bit systems on one machine - single licensed. To partition RAID without destroying data on all the Windows Server computers within the whole company, you can choose the multiple licensed RAID partitioning software - EASEUS Partition Master Unlimited Edition.

Free Download EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition to partition RAID on Windows Server without destroying data.

For better data security, you may also use the free backup software - EASEUS Todo Backup, which will help you a lot. It provides easy-to-use interface to backup and restore your system, disk and partition within minutes.

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