I have a Windows Storage Server 2003 running on 3x 500GB SATA HDD in a RAID 5 array on a PERC 5/i card. The problem is we need more storage space, and therefore I was planning on buying 4x 1TB drives.

do not format the disks, leave them un-allocated. Now place them into the windows 2003 server and use disk manager to import the foreign disks. Once there all imported. Your now ready to create the ...

This was among the driving forces behind the development of the Serial ATA standard, which showed potential to address these issues. Now in its second revision, SATA is delivering what system builders ...