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lamatek

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February 4th, 2005 11:00

Extending RAID 0 & MS Exchange

I have a Dell 1650 Server with 2 36GB 15K Drives in a RAID 0 setup. This server runs MS Exchange. I want to add a third drive to the ARRAY (it's a hot-swappable setup and I already have several drives) to accommodate some new telephone software that is going to use email as our voice mail delivery system (mucho more hard space).
 
Is it possible to either:
 
1. Add the drive to the existing M: partition?
2. Tell exchange server 2000 it has two drives it can use for storage?
 
Any help would be appreciated.

koggen

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February 4th, 2005 16:00

The M: drive on Exchange systems is only a virtual drive and cannot be extended. It is the same drive as the physical drive where your databases are stored (i.e. usually the C: drive), and therefore always the same size as the physical partition. If your RAID setup allows it, you can extend your existing partitions with the new drive. Exchange, as well as any other part of the system, can then use the drive for increased storage. If needed, you can just mount the new drive as a new partition and move the databases to the new drive. See the articles section on www.msexchange.org for documentation on how to move the databases.

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