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pv715n upgrade questions
I have a pv715n with 4 harddrives,
Disk Drives
IC35L060AVER07-0 55.87Gb
IC35L060AVER07-0 55.87Gb
IC35L060 AVER07-0 SCSI Disk Device 55.87Gb
IC35L090 AVV207-0 SCSI Disk Device 74.50Gb
I would like to upgrade the drives, and would like to know is there a procedure, rebuilding it from scratch is not an option. I would like to put in 120's so the 128 issues doesn't apply.
The next question is, as far as the nas system is concerned will it automaticaly adjust the drive size, or will I need to do that.
Also how do you grow a disk with the array manager? and then increase the size of the file system within Windows? it is a dynamic?
Message Edited by ucfperson on 04-15-2005 08:14 AM
- You'll have to replace one drive at a time and let the system rebuild the virtual drives.
Windows will not automatically resize the partitions, but as they are dynamic disks, you can extend a partition by right-clicking the 'big' raid-5 container and selecting to extend/expand it and the use the freespace.
Keep in mind that Dell honors the warranty on factory shipped parts, and if you have the order number for the upgraded drives (would have to show that they are PV715N upgrade drives) Dell will honor the system warranty or 90 days on those drives (whichever is longer). If you buy the drives elsewhere, you may want to check the warranty policy and the return time on bad drives. You'll want to see if the wait time on a replacement part is acceptable to you. If not, consider having a cold spare onsite.
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Posted April 18th, 2005 14:00
Message Edited by ucfperson on 04-18-2005 10:11 AM