Raid Migration inc Exchange Data

[reddoor]

Hi I currently have a ML350G5 with 2 146Gb drives running in a raid 1 (mirrored) setup. Would I be able to add an additional 146Gb drive and turn the array into a Raid 5?

This drive is currently holding the Exchange 2003 data so obviously wouldnt want this to be effected.

The server is running Windows 2003 and the Raid card is a Smart Array E200i embeded.

Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

What kind of hardware RAID controller do you have?

[reddoor]

Hi im using the Smart Array E200i embeded card, is that not what you mean?

[Joaragon]

Yes, but you need to installed the BBWC module (battery backed write cache) for the controller to support R5 and stripe/raid migrations.

[reddoor]

Hi yes I do have the battery pack for this Raid controller.

So am I able to perform this live without any impact on the exchange data?

[reddoor]

Just to confirm the part number for the battery is 351580-B21

Thanks

[Joaragon]

That looks like a 128 BBWC for a 640 controller, are you sure that's the part #?  You can easily verify once the drives are inserted because if you have no BBWC then the options are greyed out.