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Are you planning to Expand the Data drive using the additonal drives (using Software Raid)??
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Are you planning to Expand the Data drive using the additonal drives (using Software Raid)??

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I have a Windows 2003 server with a hardware raid 5 partitioned for C (OS and program files) and D (data). &nbsp;New programs are increasing data far beyond current drives. &nbsp;I am thinking of adding a pair of 1TB drivers using sofware mirror for data. &nbsp;<br />
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Can hardware raid on one set of disks and software raid on another set of disks operate together? &nbsp;I'm looking for a concrete answer, not an &quot;I think this work.&quot;<br />
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Thanks in advance,<br />
Leon
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I have a Windows 2003 server with a hardware raid 5 partitioned for C (OS and program files) and D (data).  New programs are increasing data far beyond current drives.  I am thinking of adding a pair of 1TB drivers using sofware mirror for data.  

Can hardware raid on one set of disks and software raid on another set of disks operate together?  I'm looking for a concrete answer, not an "I think this work."

Thanks in advance,
Leon

Windows Server 2003 Hardware and Software Raid Compatability

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).