Acronis True Image Home: RAID Support

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RAID support scheme in Acronis True Image Home and Acronis True Image Home Plus Pack
This article applies to:

• Acronis True Image Home 2011
• Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack
• Acronis True Image Home 2010
• Acronis True Image Home 2010 Plus Pack
• 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+0 As 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, GPT volumes etc) 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 and GPT volumes 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

See also Dynamic Disk Types Support in Windows Editions.