I
didn't see mention of RAID controller or O/S version, but do they support
logical drive extension? If so, how about this? (though probably not
much faster!)
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Backup data (if important enough...as you said this already is a
backup)
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Remove one physical drive from the enclosure
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Replace it with a 300GB drive and let it rebuild
completely
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Repeat this sequence 3 more times until all drives are 300GB
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Extend logical drive to full capacity via array config.
utility
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Do same under O/S (Win 2003 "dispart" utility is good for
this)
Just a thought.
-DaveC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Mulnick
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:18 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: HP disk upgrade..
I believe that since they are backups, you
have some flexibility. For one thing, you can move the data around and
store it on just one disk if you wanted to ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ~216GB vs. one 300GB disk) and then
after the upgrade, move it back. I'm sure there are other
variations.
It would seem a little odd to backup a
backup in order to accomplish this. You pretty much just need some
temporary space while you do this.
Al
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Frank Abagnale
Sent: Tue 8/23/2005 4:04 AM
To: Active
Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: HP disk upgrade..
Hi,
Sorry for the OT, I have a HP server with an MSA enclosure attached which
is complete with 14 x 72gb disks. The enclosure uses 4 x
72gb disks in a RAID5 set which are used to store backups. I need to
upgrade these 4 disks with new 300gb disks. The disks are not used for any
other purpose besides storing backups.
My initial thought was to do the following:
Backup the drive
Break the array
Remove existing disks
Insert new disks
Create new Array
Is there a better way to do it, or should this method work?
thanks
- Frank
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