In the beginning, building server and RAID, size of virtual partitions on RAID 5 array is elaborately allocated. But with time passes by, the scheduled size may become unable to satisfy users' requirement. With more and more download and caches, system will run slower and slower or even crash.
Some users create one RAID 5 array for operating system as well as storing data, but some other users use RAID 5 array only for storage. When there is need to resize partition in RAID 5, with partition magic server, we can resize RAID 5 partition easily without deleting partition, formatting partition or rebuilding server or RAID.

Notes on resizing RAID 5 array virtual drives
We can shrink one partition on the same RAID 5 array, and extend system partition. However, if there is no free space in RAID 5array, we can add a new disk to RAID 5 array and then allocate space with partition magic.
1. If we need to add new disk, we should make sure that RAID controller has the function of re-configuring RAID without data loss.
2. Do not break the RAID array. Operate just like resizing physical disk partitions.
3. We need to convert dynamic disk to basic disk before resizing if the disk is dynamic.
Since server is so important that it stores significant data and files and deals with large amount of data transmission everyday, so when choosing a suitable partition magic for server, what values most is the security and stability of partition magic server.
Here we recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition to you. It is developed by professional partition management software company, MiniTool Solution Ltd., and it is excellent partition magic server. It guarantees data security while managing partitions and disks in server. MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition has comprehensive functions about managing partition in server like resize partition, merge partition, delete partition, create partition, etc.

Resize RAID 5 array virtual partitions with MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition
At first, check the RAID 5 array virtual drive and partitions with Windows built-in Disk Management Tool.



As above, the screenshot shows that RAID 5 array is recognized as physical disk. Therefore we can simply resize partition in RAID 5 array with MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition.

Steps of resizing partition with partition magic server
1. Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition, and the main interface show a list of disks and partitions condition.



2. In the list, right click one partition to shrink and release some space. Click "Move/Resize" option in shortcut menu. The following interface will pop up. We can shrink the partition by dragging the border of partition handle.



3. After clicking "OK" button, we can see in main interface there is some unallocated space in disk.



4. With unallocated space, we can extend system partition to make it perform better. Right click system partition, and then click "Move/Resize" option in shortcut menu. As what we have done just now, we can extend system partition in the following interface by dragging the border of partition handle.



5. Click "OK" button to return to main interface. After checking through all operations in "Operations Pending", click "Apply" button at top left corner to execute all operations.



The operation is so simple that almost every user can do that. Please refer to official website of MiniTool Partition Wizard for more information: http://www.partitionwizard.com.