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1. I will go for Acronis <br />
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The other steps are ok , if you have a ok backup then you can go and mess things up :). <br />
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Regards,<br />
Aurel. 
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1. I will go for Acronis

The other steps are ok , if you have a ok backup then you can go and mess things up :).

Regards,
Aurel.

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Thanks Aurel. Which particular Acronis product would I need?
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Thanks Aurel. Which particular Acronis product would I need?

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<a href="http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/server-windows/" rel="ugc">http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/server-windows/</a>
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http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/server-windows/ [http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/server-windows/]

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Instructions are quite simple here:<br />
-Backup entire HDD (RAID detected as single HDD by Windows)<br />
-Reconfigure RAID with new drives<br />
-Boot the server from WinPE Recovery CD and load drivers for RAID controller if needed. <br />
-Restore from backup<br />
-Boot to Windows
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Instructions are quite simple here:
-Backup entire HDD (RAID detected as single HDD by Windows)
-Reconfigure RAID with new drives
-Boot the server from WinPE Recovery CD and load drivers for RAID controller if needed.
-Restore from backup
-Boot to Windows

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Hi, my client has a 2850 with 3 x 136gb drives, and we’re desperately running out of space. 12gb+124gb on D-Drive<br />
(Dell Service TAG DKC7N1J )<br />
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After researching, am I right in the following...<br />
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1-Buy decent back up software (Acronis / Paragon) what is your &nbsp;favourite flavour?<br />
2-Back up existing array.<br />
3-Remove 136’s and replace with 300/400 gbs (3 x off)<br />
4-Reconfigure the Prec 4 raid controller<br />
5-Restore c, and d partitions from back up say 100gb for C-drive and balance for D-Drive.<br />
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(So if it goes wrong, I can revert to original drives)<br />

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Hi, my client has a 2850 with 3 x 136gb drives, and we’re desperately running out of space. 12gb+124gb on D-Drive
(Dell Service TAG DKC7N1J )

After researching, am I right in the following...

1-Buy decent back up software (Acronis / Paragon) what is your  favourite flavour?
2-Back up existing array.
3-Remove 136’s and replace with 300/400 gbs (3 x off)
4-Reconfigure the Prec 4 raid controller
5-Restore c, and d partitions from back up say 100gb for C-drive and balance for D-Drive.

(So if it goes wrong, I can revert to original drives)


Dell 2850 running out of drive space: Replace existing drives with larger capacity.

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