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Good evening. My Poweredge SC420 arrived a couple days ago, and I found time after work today to install Windows XP and Office. So I'm very close to bringing the server online for the simple network file sharing I plan to use it for. But I want to be able to keep data backed up, and I know the SC420 has two SATA connections, so I want to run RAID 1 either through the BIOS or Windows XP. That way, if a drive fails... I boot from the other and away I go. 
That said, I don't know exactly how this will work. Does the PowerEdge provide mirroring utilities in the BIOS for SATA drives? Do I just add the 2nd drive, go into Administrative Tools, and create the new drive as a "Mirrored" unit? I've setup spanning before, using two hard drives in Computer Management, but never done any RAID 1 / Mirroring before. Any tips or suggestions on how to do it right would be appreciated. And thanks for your time!
That said, I don't know exactly how this will work. Does the PowerEdge provide mirroring utilities in the BIOS for SATA drives? Do I just add the 2nd drive, go into Administrative Tools, and create the new drive as a "Mirrored" unit? I've setup spanning before, using two hard drives in Computer Management, but never done any RAID 1 / Mirroring before. Any tips or suggestions on how to do it right would be appreciated. And thanks for your time!