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I´d like to install win 2008 server
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I would wait then. You do not want to run through the process of expanding your system drive. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble by waiting for the replacement drive or overnighting a replacement.
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I would wait then. You do not want to run through the process of expanding your system drive. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble by waiting for the replacement drive or overnighting a replacement.

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Hi,<br />
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I purchased &nbsp;4 sata &nbsp;WD disk to build a raid 5 with this adaptec card 3405.<br />
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The raid software started building the raid... and then the new disk 1 WD crashed. Now I have 3 of 4 disk and need to build the raid and install the OS.<br />
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Can I build this raid 5 with 3 disks and then, when arriving the new one, and the fourth one and expand?
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Hi,

I purchased  4 sata  WD disk to build a raid 5 with this adaptec card 3405.

The raid software started building the raid... and then the new disk 1 WD crashed. Now I have 3 of 4 disk and need to build the raid and install the OS.

Can I build this raid 5 with 3 disks and then, when arriving the new one, and the fourth one and expand?

Adaptec 3405 raid card raid 5 4 disk

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).

Windows Server 2003

Hardware includes cell phones and other digital living devices, tablets, computers, servers, peripherals and components, printers and scanners, gaming consoles, networking hardware such as routers, hubs, switches and modems, storage devices and security equipment such as firewalls and other appliances.

Hardware

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

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.