How do I make a RAID array inside Windows?
- Log in to your server
Log in to your server by KVM or RDP (remote desktop).
- Log in to your control panel
Open up your control panel, and change “View by” to either “small icons” or “large icons”.
- Execute actions
Click on “Administrative Tools” and then click “Computer Management”, thereafter under “Storage”, click “Disk Management”.
- Initialize the disk
At this point, the system could ask you if you want to initialize the new disk. Choose to do so.
- Converting
Right-click the first disk (“Disk 0”), and choose “Convert to Dynamic Disk”, then agree with the warning the system will give you.
- Selecting the disk as your destination
Right-click the first partition of your operating systems’ disk and choose “Add Mirror”. Now you should be able to select the second disk as your destination.
- Converting the remaining disk
Do the last two steps for all partition you have, so both disks will look the same. The system will begin syncing the drives. Your system can feel a bit slower during this process because of the reading/writing going on, Windows isn’t as efficient as Linux when it comes to I/O operations.
