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Rebuild Array
I have an old PowerEdge 2900 server with PERC 5/i Integrated controller. I have 4 SAS HDs (136GB each) configured as RAID10. The total virtual disk size is 272GB.
On this HD, I've been running Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2007. My Exchange server information store is gobbling up the HD very quick. There's 45GB remaining space on the partition. If I don't do something quick, I will run out of free space soon.
I plan to add 2 new SAS HDs and rebuild the array as RAID10 with 6 SAS disks (total size should be 408GB). After rebuilding the array, I will have a new empty disk of 408GB in size.
My final goal is to have a fully functioning Windows Server 2008 R2 with Exchange Server 2007 running without a reinstall but a simple recover from backup. I do have nightly FULL Windows Server 2008 backup (bare metal recovery option is enabled).
Will this plan work?
Daniel My
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Posted August 21st, 2015 16:00
Hello
Backups do not usually include the entire operating system. You will need to research the backup method you are using to find out what exactly is backed up. When you have to start over using back ups that typically involves installing the operating system and applications before restoring backups.
If you want to avoid reinstalling then you will probably have to do some type of image instead of a backup.
If by rebuild you mean delete the old array and create a new 6 drive RAID 10 then yes, that is is how you will add drives to the RAID 10.
Thanks