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How to merge 2 disks on 1 hard drive to create a large storage server for archived data? (Poweredge 2800 and Windows Server 2003)

ODSTech — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:38:45 +0000

I have an old Dell PowerEdge server that I want to convert to a large data storage server – nothing on it but archived data. The hard drive has been formatted to have about 70G on the C drive and about 130G on a different drive. BUT both drives are located on the same hard drive. How can I get all the space to show up on one drive?

storage charge back

Blue55bl — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:35:35 +0000

Has anyone found a package for storage charge back that actually works at most levels:array, server, deptment, and application.

Looking for Antivirus for Win Storage 2003 x64 server

Oksana — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:33:16 +0000

Hi,
We are looking for an antivirus software that proven to work well with windows storage 2003 x64 server.
Our current product works just fine on all other 2003 servers, but it brings down this one from time to time.

Thanks,
Oksana

Type of storage/backup solution

DWillms — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:27:12 +0000

Hey everyone,
I just started with a medium sized business doing IT work, and they have asked me to research types of backup solutions. At this point we are running a server that holds about 350 GB of data, and we have 2 remote offsite locations which they would also like to back up as well. The total approximate size would be around 500GB, but they’d like to start off with 1TB and have the option for expandability as well. Right now they are using tape backups, and I believe would like to get rid of that somehow, but the data would also have to be stored offsite as well somewhere, in case of some sort of disaster at the main office. In the small bit of research I’ve done, I think for this size of storage would a NAS device not be the best option, running Windows Storage Server 2003 or similar, and then maybe the possibility of a second NAS running offsite or at one of the other locations. If you ran both of these NAS’s with RAID 1 or RAID 5, that would give you multiple data redundancy, and also offsite storage, and from the prices I’ve been able to find, it seems like that would be much cheaper than a similar SAN solution. If the company did go with something like a SAN device, they would most likely go with iSCSI, not Fiber Channel, just for the reduced cost. Of course a third option would be something like an automated tape loader, but if they want to get away from tape storage, that may not be the best option. Also, what kind of companies provide offsite storage services such as this? What would services like that cost?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Edit: Just a little more info, we’re not moving to Vista any time soon, moving completely away from tape isn’t a necessity, so something like a D2D2T solution could work as well. Is this size of backup worth going to a SAN or not? I don’t see the reason if they will be using iSCSI anyways.

Backup Exec 9.1 to WIndows Storage 2003

Sdr0715 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:03:15 +0000

I’ve just gotten a Dell NAS running Windows Storage 2003 64…I am trying to load a Backup Exec v9.1 remote server agent on it but unable to get it installed. Can someone help me with this…Thanks

Santiago

Windows Storage 2003 Server

Sdr0715 — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:27:57 +0000

Good morning All,
I need help, I am considering about getting a Dell NAS appliance running Windows Storage 2003 Server. I am wondering if anyone can tell me or point me, where I can find info about this like admin, printer sharing, etc. The Windows Storage site is not much help. Also, if someone knows the difference between the version (Standard, Workgroup and Enterprise)

Thanks,
SD

EMC Clariion CX700 Problems – Data Sector Invalidated

UniCal — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:44:08 +0000

Hello,
I have two EMC Clariion CX700′s (which, for convenience we call CX700-1 and CX700-2) and one recently added CX3-40 in my SAN environment using fiber-switch fabric. Over the weekend, I experienced a hardware failure on SPA on CX700-1. After having it replaced by my vendor’s technician and getting the SP to reboot successfully, all was fine until 2 hours later when I got another unwelcomed alert, this time it was about an uncorrectable sector (Data Sector Invalidated):

“Event Number 840
Severity Warning Host CX700-1_SPA
Storage Array APMxx SPA Device Bus 1 Enclosure 3 Disk 3
Description Data Sector Invalidated”

Since then, I’ve been getting the same “Data Sector Invalidated – Bus 1 Enclosure 3 Disk 3″ error at least once every day. The only solution to this as I gathered from my vendor is to unbind and then rebind the LUNs on this disk as there is a good chance some of my data within the LUNs have been corrupted — hence the uncorrectable sector error.
Has anyone else have this experience before? Is this a common occurrence from the Clariion CX-series product? As of now, I am still uncertain how the sector became uncorrectable and what lead/caused the data corruption.

Unrelated to this, I am also having performance issues (in particular, forced flushing) every other week. As a long-term solution, I am getting quite concerned about my SAN environment. If possible, can anyone share some of their experiences with the EMC Clariion CX-series line?

Any input is greatly appreciated!
Thank you.

Equallogic

Nozmeister0 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:03:24 +0000

Hi,

Just looking for people’s experiences of using Equallogic SAN attached storage.

Specifically
- Performance
- Interoperability
- Cost
- Competition
- Management software

Thanks in advance
Noz

Increasing server performance

Dimchik — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:59:31 +0000

Help reviving servers.
Configuration current:
8 300GB disks in Raid 5 10000RPM Each.
Total 2TB (70%Full) with an average of 68kb files tottal of 24 million files. The curent read rate is at 8MB/Sec on NTFS windows 2003 Partition. Any suggestions on increasing performance on current configuration.
P.S. We are running diskkeeper as difrag utility.

802.11 vs 802.16

Cablegeeks — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:30:08 +0000

I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX Ready. It will take a few to replace my hole grid. Now with my new antennas in place I have full cover of about 30 miles. Trying to stay with new techknowledge I will be useing 802.11 or 801.16. This will all so give me a chance to start up a WISP. So my question is…What do I need to start up? and what tpye should I use? If any could help me with this first step it would help me get started Faster.
Thank You,
Brent