Replacing SCSI Drives

[steve]

I have a windows 2003 server computer that has two SCSI drives. C and
D.

The C drive is full. I want to increase the size of the 36 Gig drive as

it is full.


I have a program called Acronis disk imaging software that I have used
on ata drives to mirror the drives from one to another to increase the
size.
I have not played around with scsi drives and so dont know much about
them.


I'm wondering if it is very involved in installing new scsi drives.
The scsi card on the computer has 2 cables and each of these has two
connectors. Currently drive c and d are on one cable and nothing on the

other. Im thinking i would just add the drive to the other cable. start

the software and hopefully it will find the other drive, mirror the
data over and then Im done. I actually want to add two drives to this
cable as I want to mirror the data through windows.


Accept for terminating resistors is it basically the same at ata.


thanks.

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a windows 2003 server computer that has two SCSI drives. C and D.

The C drive is full. I want to increase the size of the 36 Gig drive as it is full.

I have a program called Acronis disk imaging software that I have used
on ata drives to mirror the drives from one to another to increase the size.
I have not played around with scsi drives and so dont know much about them.

The mirroring isnt any different, it will work fine with SCSI drives too.

I'm wondering if it is very involved in installing new scsi drives.
The scsi card on the computer has 2 cables and each of these has two
connectors. Currently drive c and d are on one cable and nothing on the
other. Im thinking i would just add the drive to the other cable.

You do need to set the drive ID with SCSI, because there are more allowed per cable.

start the software and hopefully it will find the
other drive, mirror the data over and then Im done.

Yep, that will work fine.

I actually want to add two drives to this cable
as I want to mirror the data through windows.

Not sure what this is about.

Accept for terminating resistors is it basically the same at ata.

Similar, anyway with the ID requirement.

Its important to get the correct type of SCSI drive
too, there's more possibilitys than with ata drives.

 

[Arno Wagner]

I have a windows 2003 server computer that has two SCSI drives. C and
D.

The C drive is full. I want to increase the size of the 36 Gig drive as

it is full.

I have a program called Acronis disk imaging software that I have used
on ata drives to mirror the drives from one to another to increase the
size.
I have not played around with scsi drives and so dont know much about
them.

I'm wondering if it is very involved in installing new scsi drives.
The scsi card on the computer has 2 cables and each of these has two
connectors. Currently drive c and d are on one cable and nothing on the

other. Im thinking i would just add the drive to the other cable. start

the software and hopefully it will find the other drive, mirror the
data over and then Im done. I actually want to add two drives to this
cable as I want to mirror the data through windows.

Accept for terminating resistors is it basically the same at ata.

Not at all. You need exactly one terminator at exactly the ends
of the SCSI bus.

Arno

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

The mirroring isnt any different, it will work fine with SCSI drives too.

You do need to set the drive ID with SCSI, because there are more allowed per cable.

Like there is a way to NOT set one. Like with ATA it is any different.

Yep, that will work fine.


Not sure what this is about.


Similar, anyway with the ID requirement.

Its important to get the correct type of SCSI drive
too, there's more possibilitys than with ata drives.

Nope, with the exception of High Voltage Differential ones.
You must be really in for it if you go looking for such drives.
They are real dinosaurs and not available in the sizes he's looking for.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Not at all.

You need exactly one terminator at exactly the ends of the SCSI bus.

Wrong, at the end of each bus segment, not SCSI bus.

 

[Rod Speed]

Sorry Ive used Mirror in the two different ways in my post, Ive realized its confusing. his time
what I mean is that I want to MIrror the drive (Raid Mirror) the drive using the windows 2003 disk
administrator.
OK.

Is it possible to find out the type of drive by looking at it in the disk administrator, rather
than shutting it down, getting down on my hands and knees and opening it up

You have to get down on your hands and knees and grovel
in the general direction of Mecca before doing any hardware
upgrades, so you might as well open it up at the same time.

If you want to take your chances and not grovel,
Everest should list the current scsi drive model
numbers and you should be able check out the detail
on the hard drive manufacturer's web site using those.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181