I inherited a SBS2003 with a single 80 gig HD that backs up onto a single
USB2 external HD. Both the drives are getting full with only about 20
percent left free on the primary drive. The primary drive is an IDE
drive.
Is there a source for a step-by-step instruction on how to add a RAID (I
am
guessing RAID 5) to this Server without having to reinstall the SBS
Software?
A guide to selecting the best hardware would also be helpful. A source of
info on the RAID 5 setup would also be helpful
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TIA
John Ackerman
Re: Adding RAID to SBS 2003 ... I'm sorry for my blunt response...."John, I don't have a specific answer for you on your raid question. ... setup for an older version of SBS."... Is there a source for a step-by-step instruction on how to add a RAID... (microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz)
Re: suggestions on network storage ... The average server install is < 32GB with sql server installed so you could store 30 such images. ...RAID won't stop an OS corruption or mess up. ... Before SBS we didn't have the backup Wizard. ... You started the argument claiming 10 yr old hardware and now it s 2. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Re: Migrating to Raid ... >>> a RAID Mirroring environment.... >>It is unclear whether you want to migrate the two existing 200GB drives into ... >uses FC4 as a file server, one uses SUSE as a web server, and one is ... >planning on upgrading to Win 2003 SBS from their existing NT4 setup. ... (alt.os.linux.suse)
Re: Hardware specs question ...SBS will only use two, ... so those drives have probably been running 24*7 ... member fail a hotspare will automatically replace it. ... A pair of HDD's in RAID 1 for the OS gives you good performance and full ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Re: RAID Version & Backup advice please ... Three disk raid 5 array, ...Cancel SBS setup after the last restart, and create your d:\ partition, moving the DVD drive letter to Y. ... Then run the tasks on the TODO list - when you get to backup you might consider excluding your WSUS content folder from the backup, as that can easily be rebuilt. ... It's not really a backup in the traditional sense, but allows you to get your server back to a point in time very quickly from bare metal. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
