Re: SBS2003 new server hard drives too small

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www.SBSMigration.com will be of interest to you.

Since you wish to preserve your current domain, re-use (most of) the current
SBS hardware, and start with a fresh build, this process would be highly
recommended. A bonus would be a lack of work on the workstations, as the
methodology typically eliminates workstation changes.

Lots have done it before you, and if you search for Swing Migration in this
forum, you'll find a lot of satisfied Swing customers. My first was a swing
back to the same hardware, and while it's tougher than bringing in new
hardware, it's still possible, and better than most alternatives.

Best regards,

Jason




"Devg" <devg3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1123041490.873571.254160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Looking for some suggestions here...
>
> I visited a new client today who has setup a SBS2003 network by
> themselves. Everything for the most part is fine.
>
> However the brand new Dell poweredge server has one flaw. It is a rack
> mount server with only 2 SATA 40GB hard drives in a RAID1 setup. So the
> total space is only 40GB.
>
> In addition, the entire drive was partitioned and formatted as a single
> drive (C:).
>
> There is only 11GB of free space currently.
>
> I opened up the server, and physically there is NO room for another
> SATA hard drive.
>
> This is bad since:
> 1) Exchange information store runs on the same partition
> 2) Exchange information store size limit will be limited
> 3) The user shares are on the same drive and have a size limit now
> 3) Eventually the server itself might not have enough free space. I
> might want to install additional applications in the future such as
> antivirus, backup, antispam etc but all of these take up room.
>
>
> So with that said, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to keep
> the domain in place but upgrade the storage (2 Raid arrays?)
>
> -Ghost?? (doubt it will work on a DC especially with SATA drives)
> -Temporary second DC to keep domain, then wipe and upgrade server and
> reinstall?? Don't know if this is possible
>
> Thanks!
>


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