External RAID5 for data

Hi All,

Not strictly an SBS question and also, to those in the know & that have
actually done it, *probably* a dumb one:-

Say we have an external RAID5 array with a number of NTFS partitions for our
data installed under SBS2k. We buy a new server and get SBS2k3 running on
it.

We want to decommission the SBS2k box and run the SBS2k3 box in its place;
what's the scenario for simply connecting the RAID5 array to the new box and
all data being available via it?

The data and directory structure etc will presumably come across intact, but
what of security privs etc?

Presumably, it's simply a case of re-applying shares and security privs?

Or - heaven forbid - is it case of reinitialising the RAID5 and restoring
the data (surely not!)?

On a related note, say it's not an external RAID5: what if it's a RAID5
internal to the original SBS box? Assuming hardware compatibility, can the
drives & data be 'moved' in the same fashion or is the container etc info
consequently lost (and thus the data) with the controller, thus requiring a
container rebuild and data restore?

Thanks!

NP

Moishe
Fri Nov 28 11:54:25 CST 2003

The security won't be intact, unless you use ADMT for migration.
"Nick Price" <nrsprice@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> Not strictly an SBS question and also, to those in the know & that have
> actually done it, *probably* a dumb one:-
>
> Say we have an external RAID5 array with a number of NTFS partitions for
our
> data installed under SBS2k. We buy a new server and get SBS2k3 running on
> it.
>
> We want to decommission the SBS2k box and run the SBS2k3 box in its place;
> what's the scenario for simply connecting the RAID5 array to the new box
and
> all data being available via it?
>
> The data and directory structure etc will presumably come across intact,
but
> what of security privs etc?
>
> Presumably, it's simply a case of re-applying shares and security privs?
>
> Or - heaven forbid - is it case of reinitialising the RAID5 and restoring
> the data (surely not!)?
>
> On a related note, say it's not an external RAID5: what if it's a RAID5
> internal to the original SBS box? Assuming hardware compatibility, can the
> drives & data be 'moved' in the same fashion or is the container etc info
> consequently lost (and thus the data) with the controller, thus requiring
a
> container rebuild and data restore?
>
> Thanks!
>
> NP
>
>