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Exchange 2003 server running on Windows Server 2003 that is running out of space on the system partition

I have an Exchange 2003 server running on Windows Server 2003 that is running out of space on the system partition. I have a RAID 5 configuration. I want to replace the drives with larger ones and resize the partitions in the process. I had two thoughts as a way to do this. One would be to...

View Answer   |  Aug 12 2008  1:03 PM GMT
Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2003, Storage management
asked by ITKE

  10345 pts.

raid 0 array setup

my new two 500 gb drive system has drive one setup as raid 0 with an indication of C: and D: drives of 250 gbs each and no other drives listed. Where is the other 500 gbs

View Answer   |  Aug 10 2008  8:36 PM GMT
RAID, RAID 0
asked by Video62

  5 pts.

Deciding on configurations for SQL Servers

My new server has 3 x 146GB SAS 15k 3.5" HD, which came pre-configured as RAID 5, and 2x 73GB SAS 15k 3.5" HD, which came as RAID 1. Should I leave this configuration as is or should I change it?

View Answer   |  Jul 31 2008  6:10 PM GMT
Servers, RAID, RAID 1 vs RAID 5
asked by SQL Server Ask the Experts

  2445 pts.

What do EMC recommend as best raid group for RAID 6, (8+2)?

What do EMC recommend as best practices for number of disks in a raid group for RAID 6, (8+2) with SATA drives with A CX3 Clariion array?

View Answer   |  Jul 31 2008  1:23 PM GMT
RAID, EMC, SATA
asked by VIP09

  5 pts.

Boot drive failure, but RAID is okay

I had to replace my boot drive. Reinstalled Win XP. System found all the drives, but I can not access the RAID. BIOS loads the Adaptec 1200 Raid, I guess from the PCI Card. In Device Mgr, it sees two identical drives RAID 0, but I can not access them. What am I doing wrong? How can I get the...

View Answer   |  Jun 23 2008  3:00 AM GMT
Storage, Windows XP, RAID
asked by TNchicklet

  15 pts.

Syncing Software recommendations

One of my VIP end users (a senior scientist in our building) has put in a request for the following setup: He wants us to build him 2 8-TB file servers, identical in design. This is not a problem, I've done this already for our own use. One server will be in his lab for their use. He wants the...

View Answer   |  Jun 16 2008  3:11 PM GMT
Windows Server 2003, RAID, Backup to Disk
asked by Lonewolfbw

  265 pts.

can software raids on windows 2000 server hamper server perormance.. like blue screen error

I am having software raids harddisk mirrored on windows 2000 server, can this restarts server saying physical dumping of memory. Any other problem can it create.

View Answer   |  Jun 9 2008  9:45 AM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, RAID, Mirroring
asked by S12345678

  40 pts.

HP VRAID

what is the different between HP VRAID & RAID

View Answer   |  Jun 1 2008  10:41 AM GMT
RAID, HP VRAID
asked by Shalabota

  5 pts.

Exact copy of Exchange Server

I have Exchange 2003 in my domain, and I'm running out of storage. I have done 2 defragments for the databases already (I did that on another computer by copying the edb and stm files, defragment them and then move them back to place). But now I'm running out of space again. I have no room for HDD...

View Answer   |  May 13 2008  7:35 AM GMT
Exchange 2003, RAID, iSCSI
asked by Kingleo1

  5 pts.

Best RAID for Database Server

We have 70+ users connecting almost 125 machines to connect to an Intel 5000VSA 4dimm Board Server with 2 Xeon processors, 6 SATA (on-board RAID 0, 5 or 10), 1 IDE port. I want to put the best possible RAID with 200/250GB SATA drives, with Best Redundancy and Performance, irrespective of the cost....

View Answer   |  May 12 2008  2:00 PM GMT
RAID, Intel Xeon, RAID configuration
asked by Mkanjani

  5 pts.

Raid1 vs Raid5 Microsoft exchange data

We are implementing Microsoft Exchange on a EMC DMX3500 DASD Subsystem that has 146GB and 300GBs. Talked to Gartner Group Consultant Bob Passmore and he is strongly recommending RAID 1: his justification is based on the fact that RAID 1 is double the number of disk drives; therefore you cut what...

View Answer   |  Apr 30 2008  2:31 PM GMT
Storage, RAID, EMC
asked by Bobc

  5 pts.

Upgrading Computer Motherboard that currently has two RAID 0 setups

I will be upgrading my computer components with a new motherboard and currently have a RAID-0 setup with my old mb's built-in Promise FastTrak 378 controller. I also have a Promise FastTrak TX4310 pci card controller with another RAID-0 setup. Both have two drives each. Will I lose data on either...

Answer Question   |  Apr 16 2008  6:01 PM GMT
RAID, Hard drives, RAID controllers
asked by Mgbtp

  5 pts.

Exchange 2007 installation

Hi friends, I am a fresher in this field with not much knowledge. Have been asked by my office to install exchange 2007. The question i have is , what server would be good to install exchange 2007 on, also what raid is preferred / recommended. Are there any sites i could have the installation...

View Answer   |  Mar 27 2008  7:27 AM GMT
RAID, Exchange 2007
asked by Tauraustouch

  30 pts.

Configuring a Win2003 share to be available to all XP users on networked machines

Been a long while since I've worked with Windows, and the networking metaphor is killing me (Unix here...). I have in a server room a Win 2003 server with a large RAID. There are 4 XP machines in 2 offices, all on the same LAN/subnet (2003 server is DHCP server for the XP machines). The network is...

View Answer   |  Mar 16 2008  7:39 PM GMT
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, DHCP
asked by Smsd

  15 pts.

RAID Problems

Hi, I have just built a system using a Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2 Motherboard using nVidia SATA Raid. I attached 2 500Gb Samsung SATA2 drives, downloaded the SATA Raid drivers for Vista from nVidia and created a Mirrored Raid array with them, then installed Windows Vista Business. The install appeared...

View Answer   |  Mar 15 2008  4:49 PM GMT
RAID, SATA, Vista
asked by Nickc1976

  65 pts.

how to maintain Windows 2000 server uptodate

I am working on Windows 2000 server having raid configured on it. I want to know how best i can maintain our server uptodate with minimum downtime. Also how to confirm whether hardware or software raid configured.

View Answer   |  Feb 6 2008  6:16 AM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, RAID
asked by S12345678

  40 pts.

RAID

How do i configure RAID for an HP Prolianr Server

View Answer   |  Feb 4 2008  10:01 AM GMT
RAID, HP, HP ProLiant
asked by CodeX3

  5 pts.

Transfer Exchange 2007 from Windows Mirror to Hardware Raid

I have a situation where I have to image/install or reinstall Exchange 2007 running on a Windows Software mirror and it has drastically degraded the performance and has hung the server numerous times and then we have to do a hard reset on the box. How can I transfer the complete HD from that...

View Answer   |  Jan 31 2008  10:10 PM GMT
RAID, Exchange 2007
asked by Moit

  5 pts.

Can a BA370 with a hsz70 be configured to work with either MS Server2000 or 2003 as a storage device?

We have an extra Compaq BA370 with a hsz70 controller card is there a way to configure this device to work with a current version of windows? Thanks

Answer Question   |  Jan 23 2008  3:55 AM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, RAID
asked by Tobasco

  5 pts.

HP Server configuration

Hi All How we configure RAiD Controllor configurtion & other settings on HP Proliant Server Without HP Smart CD. Thanks in Advanced

View Answer   |  Dec 26 2007  11:25 AM GMT
RAID, HP, Server configuration
asked by Loganoop

  20 pts.

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