I need some help. I have a Dell Poweredge 2600 with Perc 4/di controller and 3 36gb HD in Raid 5 array. Running W2K3 OS. It’s set up as a PDC, Wins, Dhcp, File, Print and VPN Server. There are 25 workstations. Tape , Hard Drive and DVD backup capable and Novanet Backup software.. I installed this system for their new software. Learned as I went. I followed the software companies recomendations. Raid 5 partioned as C: 5gb for OS, D: 2gb Swapp file and E: 60gb for Data. It’s out of space, only 500mb on C and 16% on E. I purchased 3 146gb HD. I want to swap out the 3 drives for the new ones. I do have a spare server I use for testing. What would be the best and easiest way to do this. I know to make a complete backup. Do I then swapp out the drives, setup a raid 5 array. Then do a clean install of OS and then a restore? Novanet says if the HD are different, I can’t use the Disaster recovery CD. I can’t think straight, there are too many possiblities. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
