migrate software RAID to hardware RAID?

[Jeff Nyberg_1]

I have a feeling I know the answer, but I thought I'd throw this out here before rebuilding the system. I have an ML350 G4 that has a software RAID 5 array across 4 disks that was built about a year ago. This is not the system drive (no redundancy). The array has around 800 GB of data written to it. Another admin built this server and I didn't realize it was a software array until we went to upgrade to a new 6402 controller. Is there any chance I can migrate this array to the new controller without having to migrate the data to a new location, rebuild the array on the new controller and then migrate the data back? The current controller is a Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series. Any information is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff

[sandeep_raman · Accepted solution]

Hello Jeff,

Afaik,the answer is no.
At some point of time or the other during the configuration, it may suggest to format disks.
So the option is to create a new array and restore from a backup.
In addition,diskpart may not be applicable in this situation.

SRH

[Jeff Nyberg_1]

I figured as much. Thanks for the response.

-Jeff