HP ProLiant ML330 G6 - Storage Upgrade

rlculver · 24 Feb 2015 at 23:42

Hope you can help. A client of mine has the HP server mentioned above.

The server is running out of hard drive space but only has a 250GB hard drive to held data files and Microsoft exchange.

There are 2x 250GB drives installed which I feel must be running in RAID.

I have purchased a single 1TB hot swapped drive, but when inserted does not appear under disk management within windows.

Do I need to go into a setup utility to enable this drive.?

Your help is much appreciated.

Caged · 25 Feb 2015 at 00:07

Which one do you have?

rlculver · 25 Feb 2015 at 07:09

Sorry about this, but how would i find out?

nutcase · 25 Feb 2015 at 08:40

As alluded to above it probably has a RAID controller. It won't show a new disk in windows until the Array controller has configured it as a logical disk.

Either use the ACU on boot or see if it's been installed on the OS.

iaind · 25 Feb 2015 at 09:40

If this is a client and someone is paying for your ability to do this, you probably should get someone who knows this stuff to do it instead. If you're working in a business setting you're putting people's businesses at risk - you're asking for trouble by guessing at things and it sounds like you're in way over your head. A single drive for storage is a terrible idea too

#Chri5# · 25 Feb 2015 at 12:59

iaind said:
If this is a client and someone is paying for your ability to do this, you probably should get someone who knows this stuff to do it instead. If you're working in a business setting you're putting people's businesses at risk - you're asking for trouble by guessing at things and it sounds like you're in way over your head. A single drive for storage is a terrible idea too

This. Lots.

However, being helpful and if the server was built half properly, in the Start Menu you should find the HP ACU (Array Configuration Utility). Does the new HD show up in there?

Don't get click happy in the ACU as it could really spoil your day if you delete the existing array...

Avalon · 4 Mar 2015 at 10:25

You don't seem to know what you're doing and are risking someone's livelihood, do you have any training/experience and the necessary public liability insurance to cover this if it all goes wrong?

I suspect the server in question is running a R1 mirror, it's a popular low end solution as it provides a safety net if a single drive fails and in the event of a controller failure the data is going to be accessible as it uses a relatively standard file system that most things can read. Your solution is to add another drive giving non redundant storage. Does that sound like a good idea to you?

Before you do anything else, does a working backup solution exist (that's been tested) and does the client have a current backup? After that's covered look at what's taking up the space and how it's anticipated the space requirement will grow over the life of the server before deciding exactly what solution is best for the client.