Re: Space running out

Looks like that board is:

a: intended to be a desktop board, not a server board
b. probably ok until you have reason to change, but not one that I would
trust my business to
c. capable of controlling 6 SATA drives, but only 2 in RAID1, (as opposed
to multiple sets of RAID1)

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/FAQ/mb_faq/faq_e_gsata2_raid.pdf

so, your decision points are:

1. Stay with a single drive and make backups and hope that when the drive
fails, and it will, you can find another drive and that your backups work

2. Call the mobo mfg, or some other way determine if you can mirror (the
common term for RAID1) two identical drives AFTER the OS has been installed.
My guess is you cannot.

3. Find an add on controller that will let you mirror the drives after the
OS has been installed. I am sure that both Adaptec and Promise make such
controllers, and that their support folks will help you, and that it won't
break the budget.

4. Use Windows Software Mirroring, which will involve changing your disks
to dynamic and then creating the mirror.

5. Do it yourself, or find a competent SBS savvy consultant who will help
you for reasonable fee, and whom you can call on when things go bump in the
night.

For any of the above, you should have a complete backup on tape or external
USB or Firewire drives. Preferable two backups that have been at least
partially tested.

Once you have all the hardware straightened out, and a plan for where you
are going, you need to investigate software that will either image your data
or repartition your drives, or both.

But you can either take a little controlled pain and get the drives
mirrored, or you WILL take a lot of uncontrolled pain when the drive fails,
as it will.

Larry


"Poodle" <Poodle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Its a Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3.
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Poodle
CCNA



"Larry Struckmeyer" wrote:

Ok, so here is what I would do.

Using the info that I sent you earlier, move as much stuff off the C
drive
as you can just to buy a little time.

Investigate the mobo that you have to see if its SATA controllers can be
RAID1. Post up the model number and I will look.

If mobo is capable of RAID1, then you have a decision to make, cause on
board controllers can be flaky.

If mobo is not, then you need a RAID1 SATA controller, and, depending on
the
quality and reputation of the one, if any, on the mobo, you may need one
anyway.

OR, for no additional money, you could use software raid.. it is built
into
Windows, and it works perfectly well, although there are some / many, who
would disagree.

You have the ball...<g> what is the model of the mobo?

Larry

"Poodle" <Poodle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, 220GB of data is more than enough for uis.
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Poodle
CCNA



"Larry Struckmeyer" wrote:

re Pagefile.sys

While technically you only need one, the system may work better with
two.

But if your system partition (drive C normally) is full, you can
remove
the
pagefile.sys from C. It will require a restart.

start-my computer - right click - properties - advanced tab -
performance -
settings - advanced - Virtual Memory - change

set C to 0, but you MUST leave at least one, D or E or both.

You did not answer: is 220GB of data space enough?


Larry


"Poodle" <Poodle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The only files backed up on the server are documents from users and
they
are
currently at about 15GB looking at the users folder. They are going
to
increase with time due to expansions in the company.

We've also kept some software that we download from the net,
specifically
service packs from Microsoft.

The server is self assembled, running Core 2 Duo E6600, Gigabyte
Board,
2
x
250GB SATA HDDs and 4GB memory.

Im also noticing a hidden file on both the D and E: drives called
pagefile.sys. Its huge on both drives, actually about 4GB per drive.
What
is
it and why is takin up so much of my space?


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Poodle
CCNA










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