Re: Adding disks to a Raid array
From: Gerry Kopelman (gerry_kopelman_at_fmsi-actuaries.com)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:55:14 -0500
Thanks for your time:
The 2mil files are in BadMail, which I can clean out using the link you
posted in your other message. Once done, it appears that SBS + Exchange
store will be about 10-12 gb.
We are running Raid-5 with the following partitions:
C=25gb
E=42gb
F=35gb
Dell=1gb
The 72gb of new space will net 68gb which I would like to add evenly to E
and F
Gerry
"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:eWINL5wmEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> OHHH, and you wanna get a partner for that spare 70G HDD, run a mirror and
> put everything on it.
>
> OK, so you can move a lot of stuff off C: (and delete badmail), rebuilding
> SBS is totally unnecessary at this point, unless we can't identify just
why
> those 2mil files exist.
>
> "Gerry Kopelman" <gerry_kopelman@fmsi-actuaries.com> wrote in message
> news:TaGdnbWntLgu-9rcRVn-hg@mpowercom.net...
> > Thanks for your time and advice.
> >
> > Since there is little except SBS2000 and the Exchange store on the C
> > drive,
> > I went looking for the "excess baggage" and found that there are nearly
2
> > million files inside C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\vsi 1\BadMail. I would
> > hazard
> > a guess that the problem is here, but I don't know why and don't know
how
> > to
> > clean it up. If I do clean it up, how would I prevent a repetition?
> >
> > With regard to resizing partitions, if I am to move the Exchange store
(I
> > don't know how yet), I need a place to move it to. I have 70gb empty
disk
> > to
> > allocate and no partitions available to put it in unless I resize. At
this
> > point, rebuilding SBS 2000 is not a viable option for us.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Gerry Kopelman
> >
> > "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
> > news:Oyiw$x3lEHA.2200@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> at 25G your C: drive should be more than sufficient, I normally use
~10G
> > for
> >> SBS.
> >>
> >> You suggest you have moved the Exchange logs, how about the store? KW
> >> mentions moving the user shares, what else is using space on C?
> >>
> >> You want to avoid, if you can and I think you can, using a utility to
> > resize
> >> the partition. The use of such utilities is not supported by MS.
> >>
> >> and besides, if I was running your system I'd probably be looking for a
> > tool
> >> to reduce the size of C. After I moved the excess baggage off it, of
> > course.
> >>
> >> "Gerry Kopelman" <gerry_kopelman@fmsi-actuaries.com> wrote in message
> >> news:X4qdnZHcbOEyJNzcRVn-sw@mpowercom.net...
> >> >C is currently 25gb (as configured by Dell when we bought the server),
> > and
> >> > includes the Exchange database. We have moved the Exchange log files
to
> >> > another drive, but after installing Dell Open Manage, we are left
with
> >> > only
> >> > 3.8 gb free space. As for why we want to expand the C drive, we are
> > adding
> >> > additional client licenses and we need to upgrade Norton AV and add
> >> > some
> >> > additional software such as the network version of QuickBooks.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
> >> > news:%23TLV32tlEHA.396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> >> that'd be a PERC of some kind wouldn't it? I would expect it to
> >> >> support
> >> >> online expansion of the array but this won't resize your C: (or any
> > other
> >> >> partition).
> >> >>
> >> >> More interesting is the question(s). How big is C currently? and why
> >> >> do
> >> > you
> >> >> wish to increase it?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Mick Malloy
> >> >> http://www.micropol.com.au
> >> >>
> >> >> "Gerry Kopelman" <gerry_kopelman@fmsi-actuaries.com> wrote in
message
> >> >> news:0b9e01c49681$ddb8f450$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> > We are running SBS 2000 with a raid-5 array. The array is
> >> >> > partitioned into "C", "E" and "F" drives and the vendor
> >> >> > (Dell) added its own partition for emergency boots. We
> >> >> > bought additional drives which exactly match the original
> >> >> > drives with the intention of expanding the "C" drive and
> >> >> > adding an additional drive. We understand that there is a
> >> >> > limit of 4 partitions and can live with that, however we
> >> >> > were given to believe that the disk management software
> >> >> > would allow expanding the partitions, but it doesn't.
> >> >> > Server Magic is one option, but $450 is too pricey for one-
> >> >> > time use and rebuilding the system is not an option. Can
> >> >> > you offer any other possibilities?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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