I have a server, 1 RAID 1 for the OS (c), 2 RAID 5 for data (E,F). I want to destroy E and upgrade the drives from 73GB to 300GB, simple enough, right? but when I am in the RAID manager it tells me that when I destroy E it’s going to rename F to E (I hope that all makes sense). I don’t want to change any drive letters as there are clients that have access to my F drive.
Ideally we would just backup the data, kill both arrays and rebuild the arrays with the drive letters we wanted. However, these particular arrays are production sensitive and the amount of data isn’t conducive for a quick backup/restore.
My IT manager and I have discussed this over and we have decided to look for possible workarounds/suggestions from the TR members.
What do you think guys?