Partition Magic

[LustyLew]

Hey all,

I've got a server that is running out of space on it's Boot (OS) drive.

It was foolishly partitioned with 12Gb for the os, with 55Gb left unallocated (thanks Dell!).

Now, it's a SCSI drive running with RAID1 so I cannot foresee a problem as any change will simply me mirrored.

But does anyone here know if there may be an issue? I'd rather not have an additional drive with some programs on it, if I can help it.

Cheers!

PS - I tried the Symantec site, but it doesn't really say.
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[panrider_uk]

At long as PM can see the drive I don't see why there would be an issue.

Mark
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[chrisw]

If its a NTFS or FAT32 partition why not just use Diskpart?

Oh and 12Gb is a pretty standard size for an OS partition, we use it as a default on all our servers and haven't had one run out of space. If you keep the apps and data away from the OS partition, 12Gb should be plenty.

[short1uk]

Same issue here stupid Dell!!! I have now told my account manager to use all the drive space for C not 12Gb WTF are you gonna do with 12gb!!!

Worked ok when we did it.

Catherine

[Jumile]

I suspect it's so when stupid customers asked for more disk space, they can go in there with Partition Tragic, or similar, to 'grow' the partition but charge the customer for a larger HDD.

It's the same thing Compaq, etc, did for years with CPUs - they ship all servers with dual/quad CPUs but only have one enabled. The dumb customer asks for another CPU, so the engineer goes onsite to enable one of the CPUs and gets charged for a new CPU.

Quick visit, reduced parts handling, happy customer, nice profit.
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[syl]

I didn't think Partition Magic worked on server OS's - you need to use their other product, Powerquest Volume Manager, instead. No doubt they charge you much more for it.

I'd use a free alternative.
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[NSR Mick]

I seem to remember PM not liking Dynamic disks.

And to the OP who's the foolish one who has obviously installed all the app's and data onto the C: drive.

I always keep the C drive for the OS only and create another volume for data and apps.
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It really does amaze me the amount of people who work in "IT" who at the end of the day havent got a clue.
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