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The data should stay intact (have a backup) but that also means ACLs. So unless this is domain joined, you'll likely face a lot of permissions issues on the data. You'll be resetting, taking ownership, and creating new ACLs on the data after the install.
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The data should stay intact (have a backup) but that also means ACLs. So unless this is domain joined, you'll likely face a lot of permissions issues on the data. You'll be resetting, taking ownership, and creating new ACLs on the data after the install.

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Will the RAID arrays stay intact or will I have to reset all that in the perc controller set up?
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Will the RAID arrays stay intact or will I have to reset all that in the perc controller set up?

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I have a Dell R710 server running Server 2008 32 bit. &nbsp;I want to do a clean install of Server 2012 on it. &nbsp; It has 2 drives for the operating system in RAID 1 and 4 drives in RAID 5 for data. &nbsp;Will I lose the RAID set up during the 2012 install or does the PERC controller keep the array intact? &nbsp;I know I will lose the data on the operating system drives when I do the 2012 install. &nbsp;How about the data on the RAID 5 array will I have access to that after installing Server 2012? &nbsp;This will be a new install not an upgrade.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
cja
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I have a Dell R710 server running Server 2008 32 bit.  I want to do a clean install of Server 2012 on it.   It has 2 drives for the operating system in RAID 1 and 4 drives in RAID 5 for data.  Will I lose the RAID set up during the 2012 install or does the PERC controller keep the array intact?  I know I will lose the data on the operating system drives when I do the 2012 install.  How about the data on the RAID 5 array will I have access to that after installing Server 2012?  This will be a new install not an upgrade.

Thanks,
cja

Server 2012 install and RAID array

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Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

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RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

RAID is data storage technology that allows multiple drives to be used together as a single virtual drive for reasons such as fault tolerance, reliability and performance. 

There are several different levels of RAID that determine how the data is stored and the level of redundancy achieved across the drives.