Créer un pool de stockage sur Windows Server 2012 avec les données existantes ? -Débordement de pile

I have an existing 2TB drive that's about 1/3 full. I have another 2TB drive that I'd like to add and create a storage pool for redundancy. The only problem is, I can only add the empty drive to a storage pool. Is there any way to create a new storage pool while still preserving my existing data?

Thanks! tim

There is no way to create a storage pool with existing data. Storage pools are only a collection of drives that are managed by windows. You have to create one or more virtual disks from a storage pool. These virtual disks can be managed as if they are a regular hard drive(format, partitions, filesystem, ...). The data on the virtual disks is saved to the drives associated with the storage pool.

Easy solution:

• copy your data to an external hard drive


• create storage space with both hard drive


• create a virtual disk with mirror


• copy your data from the external drive to the virtual disk

complex solution if no additional hard drive is available:

• create a storage space with the free hard drive


• create a virtual disk(fixed size, simple) with the capacity of your data


• copy your data to the created virtual disk


• add the second hard drive to the storage pool


• create a mirror virtual drive with the remaining capacity of the storage pool


• copy the data from the simple virtual drive to the mirrored virtual drive


• delete the simple virtual drive


• extend the mirror virtual drive to 2 TB

I have an existing 2TB drive that's about 1/3 full. I have another 2TB drive that I'd like to add and create a storage pool for redundancy. The only problem is, I can only add the empty drive to a storage pool. Is there any way to create a new storage pool while still preserving my existing data?

Thanks! tim

There is no way to create a storage pool with existing data. Storage pools are only a collection of drives that are managed by windows. You have to create one or more virtual disks from a storage pool. These virtual disks can be managed as if they are a regular hard drive(format, partitions, filesystem, ...). The data on the virtual disks is saved to the drives associated with the storage pool.

Easy solution:

• copy your data to an external hard drive


• create storage space with both hard drive


• create a virtual disk with mirror


• copy your data from the external drive to the virtual disk

complex solution if no additional hard drive is available:

• create a storage space with the free hard drive


• create a virtual disk(fixed size, simple) with the capacity of your data


• copy your data to the created virtual disk


• add the second hard drive to the storage pool


• create a mirror virtual drive with the remaining capacity of the storage pool


• copy the data from the simple virtual drive to the mirrored virtual drive


• delete the simple virtual drive


• extend the mirror virtual drive to 2 TB

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