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SCSI HDD upgrade for Dell server. Please help !

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by octavian.jurca

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I have a Dell PowerEdge 1850 server(in production). The two 160GB SCSI HDD's are in a RAID 1 configuration.
The HDD has two partition 40 GB for system and 120 GB as a second partition. (I run Windows 2003 Server Standard)

The problem is that we are running out of space on the system drive and we are also low on the second partition.

I would like to purchase two new HDD's but I have some concerns regarding this upgrade and about minimizing the downtime.

What would be the easiest way to image this system onto a new, bigger HDD ??
What tools would you recommend in order to do this procedure ???

Your help would be much apreciated !!!

Thank you.

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by netwrk_admn

Is the server capable of adding more disks, like do you have placeholders for extra slots?

If you want more hands off approach or skillful tech support - DELL's warranty specialists are pretty good (if you have silver/gold support).

Otherwise, it's not too hard to build a new partition on the fly. Look into DELL's OpenManage software to provision the disks into a RAID format and bring them online under a new drive letter. If your server (i havent researched) supports hdd hot swapping, you can do this all while in the box stays up.

by smartacew0lf

Provided you have the ability to attach the new drives to your existing system, Acronis is without a doubt the easiest and most feature-rich drive imaging application available. I have been using it for years and they continually are adding more features to it.

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