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Repatition Server Volume Space

I have one server configuration as below,Now my system having problem due to the System Volume no sufficient space .We are thinking use our Data volume to repartition our system volume.Please guide me ,how to perform this job.

OS:Window 2003
System:40GB (40GB x 2HDD/Mirror)
Data:160GB(40GB x 5HDD/RAID5)

rindi

40 GB is much, much more than sufficient for Windows 2003. Follow leew's instructions from the Link below to free up your C:\ partition and check how it should properly be managed. Leew is on of EE's top experts:

http://www.lwcomputing.com/tips/static/bootdrivesize.asp

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noxcho

As your drives are seen as separate HDDs in Windows Disk Management you cannot repartitions them. Free up space on C: by moving some data to D: this is the best way out here.

warriorsTeah

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My question is how to repartition for the server
Let said i have
C drive:40GB (RAID1)
D drive:160GB(RAID5)
How to resize to the capcity below without data lost
C drive:80GB
D drive:120GB

rindi

As I mentioned earlier, 40GB is far more than enough space for a server 2003 system partition. There is absolutely no need to change that size. Just follow the instructions I posted in the link earlier on to manage your space properly.

Apart from that as noxcho posted, you can't repartition your system, you have 1 RAID 1 for your System and 1 RAID 5 for the data. The 2 different array types alone mean you can't increase the the size of C, as that is a separate drive for windows. It's like having a 40 GB actual hard-drive. That drive just has that space available on it. Not more. You would have to replace the drive itself with a larger one in order to get more space available.