Server 2003 does not see second Sata drive

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I wnated to upgrade my event photography workstation and server from XP to
server 2003 to get increased speed.After loading 2003 I can see my C drive
and its partition but my second SATA does not show up even though I can see
it in the devices folder. The second Sata is formated and has files already
on it. The motherboard is a Asus motherboard.
 
Re: Server 2003 does not see second Sata drive

Hello,

if there is already a partitition and data on it, you would go to the disk
management:
start /run / diskmgmt.msc
it will ask you to sign the disk, say yes
it may ask about converting to dynamic, you wouldn't
Then assign a drive letter from the console (right click, assign letter)

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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Robert Smith" <Robert Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I wnated to upgrade my event photography workstation and server from XP to
> server 2003 to get increased speed.After loading 2003 I can see my C drive
> and its partition but my second SATA does not show up even though I can
> see
> it in the devices folder. The second Sata is formated and has files
> already
> on it. The motherboard is a Asus motherboard.
 
Re: Server 2003 does not see second Sata drive

Robert Smith <Robert Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I wnated to upgrade my event photography workstation and server from
> XP to server 2003 to get increased speed.After loading 2003 I can see
> my C drive and its partition but my second SATA does not show up even
> though I can see it in the devices folder. The second Sata is
> formated and has files already on it. The motherboard is a Asus
> motherboard.

I'm not sure why you think you're going to get increased speed running
W2003, especially if you're using the same hardware. If you use W2003
enterprise, you can put in more RAM, true, but this seems an odd choice for
a small office - and note that many of your applications and drivers may not
work with a server OS.

Do you see your SATA drive in control panel | admin tools | computer
management | disk management?
 
Re: Server 2003 does not see second Sata drive

When I work at an event I have to import perhaps 200 2.5 meg images at a time
, there has to be 3 copies made, rotated renamed . While this is going on I
have 4 viewing stations accessing one of the folders created by the importing
software. This is why the program makers tell me to use the server software
so I can use 4 gigs of RAM. The only drivers I use are Kodak printer drivers
As you can appreciate with 10 mothers champing at the bit to get photographs
of their little darlings and willing to tear me limb from limb , speed is
essential
 
Re: Server 2003 does not see second Sata drive

Hello,

are you speaking about the file server's cache ? the maximum amount of ram
it can actively use on 32 bits is 960M.
Then it has a standby list, where it keeps others file in cache, which can
fill up the memory. So with 4G of ram, you may get the maximum efficiency on
the ram. May, because cache means accessing more than once a file while the
file is in cache

On the other part, Sata disks are not the best on seek time and throughput.
You would exclude folders from the antivirus to keep performance up. Having
a raid would help.
=>If you write more than you read, a raid 1
=>if you read more than you write,a raid 5


Just my 2 cents
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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Robert Smith" <RobertSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I work at an event I have to import perhaps 200 2.5 meg images at a
> time
> , there has to be 3 copies made, rotated renamed . While this is going on
> I
> have 4 viewing stations accessing one of the folders created by the
> importing
> software. This is why the program makers tell me to use the server
> software
> so I can use 4 gigs of RAM. The only drivers I use are Kodak printer
> drivers
> As you can appreciate with 10 mothers champing at the bit to get
> photographs
> of their little darlings and willing to tear me limb from limb , speed is
> essential
 
Re: Server 2003 does not see second Sata drive

Robert Smith <RobertSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> When I work at an event I have to import perhaps 200 2.5 meg images
> at a time , there has to be 3 copies made, rotated renamed . While
> this is going on I have 4 viewing stations accessing one of the
> folders created by the importing software. This is why the program
> makers tell me to use the server software so I can use 4 gigs of RAM.

Hmmm. I thought 32-bit XP could handle 4GB just fine.

>
> The only drivers I use are Kodak printer drivers As you can
> appreciate with 10 mothers champing at the bit to get photographs of
> their little darlings and willing to tear me limb from limb , speed
> is essential

Sure.

As the other reply says, your drive speed could be an issue here, too,
remember.
 
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