Hi All.
Have purchased a Compaq ML530, with 2 x Xeon P3, 3 x PSU's and 6 x SCSI disks (2 x 9.1gig, 2 x 18.2 gig, 2 x 36.4 gig) & a 20/40 DLT.
This mights sound like a daft question, I am aware that the disks are hot swap, along with the fans etc, but how do I know if the drives have raid and how can I check if I load data onto these drives.
Secondly, can I remove the smaller drives and install say 36gig or 72gig in all bays, by taking them out individually and allowing them to re-build?
I have built a couple of smaller mirrored server with Win2k and have had no probs, but this one has got me.
Perhaps, someone could advise whether installing the ML530 would be a good file/database server for around 8-10 clients, running Win2k Active Directory?
Look forward to your replies - thanks Mark.
Have purchased a Compaq ML530, with 2 x Xeon P3, 3 x PSU's and 6 x SCSI disks (2 x 9.1gig, 2 x 18.2 gig, 2 x 36.4 gig) & a 20/40 DLT.
This mights sound like a daft question, I am aware that the disks are hot swap, along with the fans etc, but how do I know if the drives have raid and how can I check if I load data onto these drives.
Secondly, can I remove the smaller drives and install say 36gig or 72gig in all bays, by taking them out individually and allowing them to re-build?
I have built a couple of smaller mirrored server with Win2k and have had no probs, but this one has got me.
Perhaps, someone could advise whether installing the ML530 would be a good file/database server for around 8-10 clients, running Win2k Active Directory?
Look forward to your replies - thanks Mark.