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Lee
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Hard Drive Space |
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I Have a Dell Power Edge 700 with RAID 5. Dell being the "wonderful" people
they are, gave me only 8 gigabytes on the OS drive, "C". Tried using
partition magic; would not work with RAID. With all the Microsoft updates,
I'm down to 500 megs spare room on "C" drive. Whereas the "D" drive has 250
gigabytes free. Is there any way to change the partitions or the RAID without
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TimeTraveller
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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Not without potentially breaking everything.
Have you moved everything possible to the D: partition?
Print Spooler, Pagefile, Users Share, Company Shared Folders?
Where are the exchange databases and log files being stored? these can
easily be moved
Check on the Size for Shadow Copy
Check Tempory internet files size, by default this is 10% of the partition
size
Check the Recycle Bin Size this also reserves 10% of the partition Size
Search for memory.dmp in your Windows folders - this will be the same size
as the RAM in your system and can be deleted, it is created when the system
hits a STOP error and really only readable by Microsoft using the Debug
tools
Search for any files beginning with ~ or ending with .TMP these are
generally removable.
Run TREESIZE (Google for it) and see what is occupying the majority of the
space
Although 8GB is not ideal it should be manageable
You may need to uninstall and re-install some of the programs to move them
to D:, thinking Powerchute, Veritas Backup Exec, you know 3rd party software
that is probably installed in the C:\program files location.
I would always flatten and re-install a system prepared by someone else
unless it was installed according to my guidlines as far as partitions etc.
TT
"Lee" <Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I Have a Dell Power Edge 700 with RAID 5. Dell being the "wonderful" people
they are, gave me only 8 gigabytes on the OS drive, "C". Tried using
partition magic; would not work with RAID. With all the Microsoft updates,
I'm down to 500 megs spare room on "C" drive. Whereas the "D" drive has
250
gigabytes free. Is there any way to change the partitions or the RAID
without
having the reinstall the Server? |
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Susan Bradley, CPA aka Eb
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:29 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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Okay so my drives are THIS big and Exchange needs to be THAT big, now
what?:
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2005/10/24/72660.aspx
Lee wrote:
| Quote: | I Have a Dell Power Edge 700 with RAID 5. Dell being the "wonderful" people
they are, gave me only 8 gigabytes on the OS drive, "C". Tried using
partition magic; would not work with RAID. With all the Microsoft updates,
I'm down to 500 megs spare room on "C" drive. Whereas the "D" drive has 250
gigabytes free. Is there any way to change the partitions or the RAID without
having the reinstall the Server?
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Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:55 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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Why do so many people insist on using what Dell gives them in the first
place? I'm not defending Dell, just asking. Personally, on every Dell server
with SBS that I install, I blow away all the partitions and start from
scratch anyway.
--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
"Lee" <Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:78024CD2-7523-40D5-AD4B-DF00BC70B964@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | I Have a Dell Power Edge 700 with RAID 5. Dell being the "wonderful" people
they are, gave me only 8 gigabytes on the OS drive, "C". Tried using
partition magic; would not work with RAID. With all the Microsoft updates,
I'm down to 500 megs spare room on "C" drive. Whereas the "D" drive has
250
gigabytes free. Is there any way to change the partitions or the RAID
without
having the reinstall the Server? |
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Susan Bradley, CPA aka Eb
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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Because we shouldn't have to. That's three hours setup that is supposed
to be done nicely by Dell...that's why we buy from them.
We shouldn't have to fix us...we should fix Dell.
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP] wrote:
| Quote: | Why do so many people insist on using what Dell gives them in the first
place? I'm not defending Dell, just asking. Personally, on every Dell server
with SBS that I install, I blow away all the partitions and start from
scratch anyway.
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Russ Grover
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:45 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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I think we are in violent agreement here.
I just installed a Dell Server yesterday and with everything updated, it's
6GB
and that's when I moved Mail and All Data off to other drives
(It wasn't Pre installed)
I can't believe the 8GB is the setup on Dell servers now.
I wonder if there's a effective way to give them feedback?
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Russ Grover
SBITS Consulting
Portland\Beaverton OR USA
Email: Sales at SBITS.Biz
Website: www.SBITS.Biz
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:uXTNDez5FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Because we shouldn't have to. That's three hours setup that is supposed
to be done nicely by Dell...that's why we buy from them.
We shouldn't have to fix us...we should fix Dell.
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP] wrote:
Why do so many people insist on using what Dell gives them in the first
place? I'm not defending Dell, just asking. Personally, on every Dell
server with SBS that I install, I blow away all the partitions and start
from scratch anyway.
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Frank McCallister SBS MVP
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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The most effective way would be for every person who buys a Dell preinstall
to call Dell support and ask how to increase the size of the C partition and
send a followup email to Michael Dell. Unfortunately that is not likely to
happen and their customers will suffer as a result. This is not limited to
Dell as HP/Compaq have the same issue.
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Frank McCallister SBS MVP
COMPUMAC
"Russ Grover" <russ@NoSPAM_SmallBusinessITSupport.com> wrote in message
news:u$sJFuz5FHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I think we are in violent agreement here.
I just installed a Dell Server yesterday and with everything updated, it's
6GB
and that's when I moved Mail and All Data off to other drives
(It wasn't Pre installed)
I can't believe the 8GB is the setup on Dell servers now.
I wonder if there's a effective way to give them feedback?
--
Russ Grover
SBITS Consulting
Portland\Beaverton OR USA
Email: Sales at SBITS.Biz
Website: www.SBITS.Biz
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net
wrote in message news:uXTNDez5FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Because we shouldn't have to. That's three hours setup that is supposed
to be done nicely by Dell...that's why we buy from them.
We shouldn't have to fix us...we should fix Dell.
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP] wrote:
Why do so many people insist on using what Dell gives them in the first
place? I'm not defending Dell, just asking. Personally, on every Dell
server with SBS that I install, I blow away all the partitions and start
from scratch anyway.
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Susan Bradley, CPA aka Eb
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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I tilt at windmills Frank.
Frank McCallister SBS MVP wrote:
| Quote: | The most effective way would be for every person who buys a Dell preinstall
to call Dell support and ask how to increase the size of the C partition and
send a followup email to Michael Dell. Unfortunately that is not likely to
happen and their customers will suffer as a result. This is not limited to
Dell as HP/Compaq have the same issue.
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Rick F
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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Dell told me that is what Microsoft tells it's OEM's to use. To back that
up, I was at a TechEd a couple of years ago and went to a SBS 2003
presentation and the Microsoft guys doing the presenting of SBS, talked
about that size partition when purchased from an OEM. I spoke up and they
said they would take that into consideration but I think I was too
late...someone at MS already agreed on that size from my take on it.
I've purchased an HP Proliant server with SBS OEM and it came with an 8GB
partition too.
We probably need to complain to MS and perhaps they can change what they
tell OEM's.
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Rick Faria - MCSE / A+
RDF Technical Services - www.rdfts.com
Email: support at rdfts dot com
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:OsXCBV05FHA.4076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I tilt at windmills Frank.
Frank McCallister SBS MVP wrote:
The most effective way would be for every person who buys a Dell
preinstall to call Dell support and ask how to increase the size of the C
partition and send a followup email to Michael Dell. Unfortunately that
is not likely to happen and their customers will suffer as a result. This
is not limited to Dell as HP/Compaq have the same issue.
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SuperGumby [SBS MVP]
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:
Re: Hard Drive Space |
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any Dell's I've spec'd recently have offered a choice of 8 or 20GB(or
similar) OS partition.
Yes, it's unfortunate that many people believe their ability to spec a
workstation makes it possible for them to spec a server.
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:OsXCBV05FHA.4076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I tilt at windmills Frank.
Frank McCallister SBS MVP wrote:
The most effective way would be for every person who buys a Dell
preinstall to call Dell support and ask how to increase the size of the C
partition and send a followup email to Michael Dell. Unfortunately that
is not likely to happen and their customers will suffer as a result. This
is not limited to Dell as HP/Compaq have the same issue.
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