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upgrade hard drive for windows 2003 server
I inherited a dell poweredge server 830 running ms windows server 2003 SBS.
1. it only has 1 hard drive
2. four partitions
3. C: drive is 90% full and it has 10GB with 1.2GB available
4. using backup assist to backup data on an external hard drive
5. current hard drive capacity is 250gb
questions:
1. want to put in mirror drives; two 500gb sata 10k
2. what is the best way to do it?
3. could I use Ghost?
Thanks for your help.
1. it only has 1 hard drive
2. four partitions
3. C: drive is 90% full and it has 10GB with 1.2GB available
4. using backup assist to backup data on an external hard drive
5. current hard drive capacity is 250gb
questions:
1. want to put in mirror drives; two 500gb sata 10k
2. what is the best way to do it?
3. could I use Ghost?
Thanks for your help.
Andres Perales
Well you can just add drives for additional space no one says that you have to reload or image the machine to use more disks
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peralesa is correct, but it depends on the RAID controller(s) on the server and how you want the RAID(s) confiured.
In the end do you want to server to ONLY have the two mirrored 500GB SATA drives or what?
In the end do you want to server to ONLY have the two mirrored 500GB SATA drives or what?
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sorry experts, some corrections:
1. it has one 160gb sata and one 80gb sata
2. no mirror
3. built-in controller has raid, 0, 1, or 5
4. 160gb drive has Projects (D:), 20gb; Library (E:), 40gb; Documents (F:), 40gb; 50gb unallocated
5. 80gb drive has (C:) 12gb, Data(I:) 63 gb
6. using sata
7. it is running windows server 2003 for sbs sp2
8. is it ok to put in Two 750gb; seagate 7200rpm barracuda st3750640as running raid 1
9. we want to increase each partitions
10. we have 3gb of ram, dell poweredge 830
existing ones are seagate st3160023as and st380013as
thanks again. :)
1. it has one 160gb sata and one 80gb sata
2. no mirror
3. built-in controller has raid, 0, 1, or 5
4. 160gb drive has Projects (D:), 20gb; Library (E:), 40gb; Documents (F:), 40gb; 50gb unallocated
5. 80gb drive has (C:) 12gb, Data(I:) 63 gb
6. using sata
7. it is running windows server 2003 for sbs sp2
8. is it ok to put in Two 750gb; seagate 7200rpm barracuda st3750640as running raid 1
9. we want to increase each partitions
10. we have 3gb of ram, dell poweredge 830
existing ones are seagate st3160023as and st380013as
thanks again. :)
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We have ghost 2003.
I am new to the server business and array, but I thought ghosting it from 160 & 80 to one 750gb then put in the second drive, set it to dynamic and mirror should not be too difficult.
Expert, if you could give me a step by step, it would really make my day.
Thanks 700 billion.
I am new to the server business and array, but I thought ghosting it from 160 & 80 to one 750gb then put in the second drive, set it to dynamic and mirror should not be too difficult.
Expert, if you could give me a step by step, it would really make my day.
Thanks 700 billion.
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Both options that aleghart and noxcho suggested would work, i would opt for aleghart option of mirror one existing disk to a new disk, then break mirrors.
but most important in all of this, Create FULL backups of everything before you do any of these things.
but most important in all of this, Create FULL backups of everything before you do any of these things.
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Hi experts:
We have 2 physical drives that need to be moved to a new 750gb drive first.
1. we are going to do it on a weekend, so downtime is ok
2. I did cloning with workstations many times, but not with server so I may ask some not-so-intelligent questions.
3. I only use ghost in the past.
4. why and how do I connect the new 750gb and old 80gb(c: volume) as Raid (for ghost, I boot up with floppy and clone one partition at a time; then turn off the server, disconnect the 80gb and connect the old 160gb and clone the rest of the partitions. then disconnect the old drive and connect the 2nd 750gb and let it rebuild as a mirror drive. (that is the process that I assume)
5. I am new to the server; so excuse my requests.
6. how do i turn on the raid-1 after all the cloning using partition manager 9.0 which I never use before.
7. is partition manager 9.0 better than ghost 2003 that we own?
8. I am willing to get the partition manager 9.0 if it perform better for server.
9. that is my first server cloning and thanks for your patient and walk-thru with a beginner. :)
10. I know all of you did it before and it will be a great help, if you could walk me thru so I feel confident to do it as if working with the experts.
We have 2 physical drives that need to be moved to a new 750gb drive first.
1. we are going to do it on a weekend, so downtime is ok
2. I did cloning with workstations many times, but not with server so I may ask some not-so-intelligent questions.
3. I only use ghost in the past.
4. why and how do I connect the new 750gb and old 80gb(c: volume) as Raid (for ghost, I boot up with floppy and clone one partition at a time; then turn off the server, disconnect the 80gb and connect the old 160gb and clone the rest of the partitions. then disconnect the old drive and connect the 2nd 750gb and let it rebuild as a mirror drive. (that is the process that I assume)
5. I am new to the server; so excuse my requests.
6. how do i turn on the raid-1 after all the cloning using partition manager 9.0 which I never use before.
7. is partition manager 9.0 better than ghost 2003 that we own?
8. I am willing to get the partition manager 9.0 if it perform better for server.
9. that is my first server cloning and thanks for your patient and walk-thru with a beginner. :)
10. I know all of you did it before and it will be a great help, if you could walk me thru so I feel confident to do it as if working with the experts.
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ghosting partitions has some issues. boot failed; I will try other partition software for server