I am running out of diskspace in our of our servers. There are still five empty slots for additional hard disk.
Facts:
OS - NT4
HArdware - HP Proliant ML530 G2
First, I want to tell what I did.
a. I inserted five additional disk and run Array Configuration Utility.
b. In the Array, which I want to expand, I created another logical drive out of the new disk I inserted, this came out as Logical drive 2.
c. I then extended the logical drive 1 and added the unused space.
d. After the rebuild process, I noticed that there are now two logical drives in Array but the new unused space has not been added in to my drive.
e. I went to Disk Administrator and tried to create an extended partition. I found out that in doing so, the new space I have created will have a new drive letter.
I do not want to create another drive letter. I want the new unused space to be added to my drive F: or my data drive and extend its diskspace. I do not want to create another separate drive. What did I do wrong?
I know i still have some options like I could try Partition Magic to add the unused space or to delete the original logical drive 1 and recreate it, this time including the new disk. But I wanted to consult you if there is a much easier way to do this.
As of now, the newly installed disks are not being used.
Facts:
OS - NT4
HArdware - HP Proliant ML530 G2
First, I want to tell what I did.
a. I inserted five additional disk and run Array Configuration Utility.
b. In the Array, which I want to expand, I created another logical drive out of the new disk I inserted, this came out as Logical drive 2.
c. I then extended the logical drive 1 and added the unused space.
d. After the rebuild process, I noticed that there are now two logical drives in Array but the new unused space has not been added in to my drive.
e. I went to Disk Administrator and tried to create an extended partition. I found out that in doing so, the new space I have created will have a new drive letter.
I do not want to create another drive letter. I want the new unused space to be added to my drive F: or my data drive and extend its diskspace. I do not want to create another separate drive. What did I do wrong?
I know i still have some options like I could try Partition Magic to add the unused space or to delete the original logical drive 1 and recreate it, this time including the new disk. But I wanted to consult you if there is a much easier way to do this.
As of now, the newly installed disks are not being used.