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I will investigate the software you suggested. Thanks
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I will investigate the software you suggested. Thanks

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I have an IBM x series 226 running Windows server 2003 with Raid 1 hot swap 73 gig drives. I need to change the drives to 146 gig drives. I have read about using Ghost and Acronis to backup the drives but the Acronis is just out of my budget. I have looked for Ghost but have not found a version for server 2003. What version of Ghost will backup Server 2003? I plan to backup the server to an external USB drive then remove the old drives, install the new ones, rebuild the array, then restore the backup. Any problems with those steps?<br />
Thanks<br />

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I have an IBM x series 226 running Windows server 2003 with Raid 1 hot swap 73 gig drives. I need to change the drives to 146 gig drives. I have read about using Ghost and Acronis to backup the drives but the Acronis is just out of my budget. I have looked for Ghost but have not found a version for server 2003. What version of Ghost will backup Server 2003? I plan to backup the server to an external USB drive then remove the old drives, install the new ones, rebuild the array, then restore the backup. Any problems with those steps?
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Changing Raid 1 Drives

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

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