I should fly, I did the same thing with a PE1800 and a PE840,
Jean-Paul Natola > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:30:11 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] server migration w/new HDs > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Depending on the capability of the RAID controller, I'd just > substitute one drive at a time, letting the array rebuild in between. > > After that, you should be able to expand the array. > > A quick call to Dell support will tell you if that's possible. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Jesse Rink > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have a Dell T310 server with (4) 1TB sas drives in a RAID5 array, running > > Windows 2008R2. Need to replace the drives with (4) 2TB sas drives in a > > RAID5 array. Server only holds 4 physical HD bays so I can't just add an > > extra array. Curious if anyone has any tricks to speeding up this migration > > other than rebuilding the OS from scratch on the (4) new 2Tb sas drives and > > reinstalling all the apps on the server, etc. > > > > > > > > JR > >
