We have a PowerEdge 2950 with Server 2008 Running an Exchange server, and are running out of space on our current array.
We have (4) 300gb drives in RAID-5 right now, and need to increase both our C and D drive capacity very soon, but without major reconstruction.
There are two open drive bays in the server, so my initial thought is to do a full file system backup, add two more 300gb drives to the array (which would require full reconfig in raid utility), and then restore the system to the new larger array. It is my understanding then, that it is easy to simply increase partition size for each drive with newly created unused disc space.
Is what I just said possible? I am just beginning to explore the possibilities here, but am still fresh to manipulating partitions on a production system.
Thank you for any help!
We have (4) 300gb drives in RAID-5 right now, and need to increase both our C and D drive capacity very soon, but without major reconstruction.
There are two open drive bays in the server, so my initial thought is to do a full file system backup, add two more 300gb drives to the array (which would require full reconfig in raid utility), and then restore the system to the new larger array. It is my understanding then, that it is easy to simply increase partition size for each drive with newly created unused disc space.
Is what I just said possible? I am just beginning to explore the possibilities here, but am still fresh to manipulating partitions on a production system.
Thank you for any help!
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