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upgrading drives in RAID array
Name: chris30 Date: August 12, 2004 at 10:20:15 Pacific OS: WIndows 2000 server CPU/Ram: NA
Comment:
I have a Windows 2000 file/print server that is running on a RAID 1 mirror. I can tell that in the near future I am going to have to install larger drives (currently only 8 gig total), because I only have about 1.5 Gigs of space left on the server. How does one go through the process of upgrading hard drives in an existing RAID 1 array? Could I just install one drive let the array build itself onto the new drive, then replace the second drive in the array. Is my logic even close on this one?
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