How to increase the size of the hdd disk on which the network folder is located?

Question

System administration

Hello!
The office has an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 file server, it has 1 hdd for 146GB. Inside this disk, there is a Windows server 2012 and a network folder. It so happened that over the years of work, almost all the disk space is full, there are about 7GB left. There are 2 more of the same HDD 146GB. How can these 2 new 146 HDDs be combined into one single disk? Or what are the solutions? It is necessary to increase the volume of the network folder where a bunch of files needed for the office are stored. There is also a 1 TB hdd from toshiba, but there seems to be no room for it in the case.

Answer 1

There is such a thing as mount points.
In fact, you need to create a folder on the disk and mount a new disk in this folder in the snap-in.
As a result, of course, the disk will not expand, but a new folder will appear where you can merge data (with the volume of the new disk)

Answer 2

Convert to dynamic disks and merge into one using standard tools.
Google "how to merge 2 hdd into one windows".
Please note that data loss and fault tolerance are not very good during the operation, backups are needed.

Answer 3

mount to first or make two folders

Answer 4

You probably have a good server with a raid controller on board.
Use it to create a level 1 Raid (mirror) from two free 146gb disks. This is done directly from Windows, through the Hp storage manager program.
After that, you will have a new free disk of 146 GB where you can copy your entire current folder and share it to a new location. You will have one disk 146 in the system for Windows server and one 146 for your folder.
When copying, it is desirable to use all sorts of xcopy so that the data is transferred immediately with the necessary access rights. With this solution, your folder will also be protected from the failure of one disk.
A 1TB disk can be inserted into this server only as an external disk, via a usb adapter (external box). And it's worth doing. Use it as a local storage for automatic backups. Well, or as a removable media for backups.