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11681: Acronis True Image Home: RAID Support
Created – Jun 22, 2010; Updated – Oct 24, 2011
RAID support scheme in Acronis True Image Home and Acronis True Image Home Plus Pack
This article applies to:
- Acronis True Image Home 2012
- Acronis True Image Home 2011
- Acronis True Image Home 2010
- Acronis Backup and Security 2010
- Acronis Backup and Security 2011
Description
The official support scheme for RAID configuration is the following:
- Acronis True Image Home supports hardware RAID arrays of all the popular types both with and without the Plus Pack add-on, in any case. Thus, the supported hardware RAIDs are:
- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- RAID 5
- RAID 0+1
- RAID 1+0As to specific RAID controllers – when running the product in Windows, the product will support them if Windows itself does. From Acronis Bootable Media most of the RAID controllers are supported.
- Acronis True Image Home does not support software RAID implementations (Windows Dynamic Disks) if Plus Pack is not installed. See also Acronis True Image Home Does Not Support Dynamic Disks or Disks with GUID Partition Tables (GPT);
- Acronis True Image Home Plus Pack enables the support for Windows Dynamic Disks that are set up in any configuration except for RAID 5 and RAID 1 (Mirrored) which are not supported even with Plus Pack. See also Acronis True Image Home Plus Pack Dynamic Disks and Disks with GUID Partition Tables (GPT) Support.
More information
You can restore a backup of one RAID to a RAID of different type in the same manner as you would with a basic disk.
Here is the Acronis True Image Home RAID support matrix:
Hardware RAIDs Acronis True Image Home Acronis True Image Home Plus Pack RAID 0 YES YES RAID 1 YES YES RAID 5 YES YES RAID 0+1 YES YES RAID 1+0 YES YES Software RAIDs Simple NO YES Spanned NO YES Striped NO YES Mirrored NO NO RAID 5 NO NO Software Mirrored RAID can be created only in the following operating systems:
- Windows 7 Professional
- Windows 7 Enterprise
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008
Software RAID 5 can be created only in the following operating systems:
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008
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