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Merge two partition between two RAID system

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by rawarontek

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Hi All ,

I have one machine HP ML 350 G3 running Windows 2003 as a fileserver,
two RAID systems (Hardware RAID ):
- RAID 1 , 2 HDD , 2 Partition ( C & D )
- RAID 5 , 4 HDD , 1 partition ( E )

Question is..can i merge the partition D and E ?

your help would be appreciated..thx

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by churdoo

Where will you put the data? D is part of a RAID 1 on a pair of drives, and E is part of a RAID 5 on a different set of drives. With the ACU functionality on the ML350, you can't do what you're asking while maintaining data intact, nor with any other RAID controller. If you were on a SAN, you could to more at the ACU or block level, but would probably still have to do part of the process at file level. If you tell us what you would like to see as an end result, we MAY be able to suggest a reasonable process.

What would you like the end result to be?

by rawarontek

Dear Churdoo ,

Many thanks for your answer

What i want about this process is to make a bigger space with merge two partition ( D & E ) becoming only one partition but without changes on data ( no data loss )

is that possible ?

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