If set to BIOS then the server will not see past the 2TB mark. Depends on how your folder structure is - if it is user shares and company shares - move one of them to the new folder on the new drive?Īny single RAID array is always limited to multiples of the smallest unit of the array.
Question is then can the E drive (data on partition 2) be expanded with the new drives? My though is no because the 1 TB raid array is MBR and Raid array 2 is GPT? Or does this not matter?Ĭan you mount the new RAID1 drive as a subfolder on the E Drive? I had to do it when I had space issues on my lab system. However the new drives would have to be formatted GPT to insure he gets the 4 TB of space. Would like to expand this partition.īased on the controller throw in to the two 4 TB drives and create another Raid 1. Problem is E drive (Data) is almost out of space. Partition 2 E Drive (Data, 700 + gb, whatever left over from above) Partition 1 C Drive (OS SBS 2011) of 200 GB I am way over complicating this, but learning at the same time.Ĭurrent config: 2 x 1 TB drives in a Raid 1 But then the it would have to be backed up and the whole OS and everything would have to be rebuilt / restored to the RAID 10 array.Īnyways back to the topic on hand. Yea if I was doing it the right way I would have them get 4 x 4TB drives. (note: there is firmware v.07.03.06.00 A09 for the H200 which looks to be the most current and addresses an issue with UEFI mode)Īnd if you choose the rebuild route - might think about going virtual. At this point the purchase of 2 more 4TB drives sounds nice to create 1 big Raid 10.
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So - live with the above, or full backup, change the Boot mode to UEFI and create a new array in the controller. Meaning your friend should have just purchased two 2TB drives.
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So even if you install the two 4TB drives and configure them into a Raid 1 array and boot back up into Windows, Disk Manager will only see 2TB. I suspect it is set for BIOS and not UEFI. I think the limiting factor in all this will be the Boot Mode setting in the Bios. They are running SBS 2011 and they are notoriously cheap when it comes to spending money. and then he can have 1 TB Raid 1 and another Raid 1 with 4 TB. In the event this will not work, would it be best to just setup another Raid 1 with the 2 4 TB drives (assuming that EFI is supported which I am checking). Also I remember correctly doesn't the bios have to be EFI compliant in order to even see anything over 2 TB in windows? I am going to have to check and see if that bios even can handle that. That is not possible in this configuration. He wanted to add the drives and go from 1 TB to 5TB.
In this case it's 10 TB total but is it not limited to the smallest size drive in the array? The drive size is added up and then cut in half because of the striping.
If they wanted to go Raid 10 they would be losing disk space based on the two 1 TB drives already on the system correct? I have built some RAID 10 before but always with the same drive size. He currently has a setup of Raid 1 with two 1 TB disks. From what I read it supports Raid 1, 0, and 10. Friend of mine has a Dell T310 server with an H200 perc controller.
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