This seems to be a Windows issue, not a RAID controller issue. I suspect that you can resolve the issue by either expanding the 5GB partition (using some partitioning tool other than what's included with Windows) or by creating another partition. What exactly does DM show as available on the 231.xGB chunk? If this is seen at all, your RAID controller is working correctly. The fiberchannel adapter is also not related to the internal RAID array. Matt On Mon, January 5, 2009 22:16, Frank Ventura wrote:
Hi Matt, I get the same results no matter if I use RAID 0 or 1. Disk management shows the correct size of the C partition (in the case of RAID 1 it is 231.8 gb). However, in Windows Explorer the properties of the C drive show it to have a capacity of only 5gb and I cannot use any space beyond the 5gb. Running CHKDSK on the C partition shows the cluster size to be 512 bytes instead of the expected 4096 bytes. However, I cannot find anywhere in the Dell Server setup utility nor the RAID controller to specify this value. Thanks Frank
-----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of White, Matt Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:31 AM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition
RAID0 on a server--especially on the system disk is a bad idea; if something happens to either disk, everything is lost.
You will needed sighted assistance to use Acronis Disk Director but it will definitely work on a Dell server; you can grab a demo from their web site.
Sorry if I missed the response but what do you encounter when in Disk Management?
Matt
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