Resize partition with hardware RAID1 in Windows Server 2003!

Sovan · 10-13-2009, 10:51 PM

I have a DELL server Power-edge T100 with Windows Server Enterprise 2003, and Symantec Endpoint Anti-virus deploy to all clients.

In my server there are:

2 Harddisk SATA-2 (500GB x 2) in RAID-1 with 2 partitions:
-C: 10GB
-D: 445GB
1 Harddisk SATA-2 1000TB for file sharing.

Now,my driver C: is full, and i want to enlarge the partition C: and reduce D:
to 400GB.

Maybe someone have met the this problem,and I appreciate any recommendation to solve my problem.

Thanks,

SV

**bilbus** · 10-14-2009, 01:20 AM

partition magic or acronis disk tools.

Sovan · 10-15-2009, 10:33 PM

Thanks bilbus.
I use acronis disk tool for server.....now it' work.

bigpig · 10-25-2009, 08:15 AM

Yes, acronis can solve the problem, but I have checked before, the server edition is $699, too expensive in my opinion, in fact, I use partition magic alternative, it works very well on my server with raid. This sw has another advantage that it can resize the partitions without reboot, so you can resize the server without downtime.

Here is a tutorial how to resize raid 1 virtual partition http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/how-to-resize-raid-1-without-data-loss.htm

Sovan · 11-27-2009, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigpig

Yes, acronis can solve the problem, but I have checked before, the server edition is $699, too expensive in my opinion, in fact, I use partition magic alternative, it works very well on my server with raid. This sw has another advantage that it can resize the partitions without reboot, so you can resize the server without downtime.

Here is a tutorial how to resize raid 1 virtual partition http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/how-to-resize-raid-1-without-data-loss.htm

Thank you so much bigpig.

10-13-2009, 10:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sovan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows 7	Resize partition with hardware RAID1 in Windows Server 2003! I have a DELL server Power-edge T100 with Windows Server Enterprise 2003, and Symantec Endpoint Anti-virus deploy to all clients. In my server there are: 2 Harddisk SATA-2 (500GB x 2) in RAID-1 with 2 partitions: -C: 10GB -D: 445GB 1 Harddisk SATA-2 1000TB for file sharing. Now,my driver C: is full, and i want to enlarge the partition C: and reduce D: to 400GB. Maybe someone have met the this problem,and I appreciate any recommendation to solve my problem. Thanks, SV

10-14-2009, 01:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
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Sovan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows 7	Re: Resize partition with hardware RAID1 in Windows Server 2003! Thanks bilbus. I use acronis disk tool for server.....now it' work.

10-25-2009, 08:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
bigpig Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 10 OS: Server 2003 SP2	Re: Resize partition with hardware RAID1 in Windows Server 2003! Yes, acronis can solve the problem, but I have checked before, the server edition is $699, too expensive in my opinion, in fact, I use partition magic alternative, it works very well on my server with raid. This sw has another advantage that it can resize the partitions without reboot, so you can resize the server without downtime. Here is a tutorial how to resize raid 1 virtual partition http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/how-to-resize-raid-1-without-data-loss.htm __________________ It's never too late to learn