https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/smart-5300-controller/m-p/3356584#M13261 Michael:<BR /><BR />HP states that it can take 15 minutes per gig for expansion... and that is fairly true in my experience although I have seen expansion take as little as 6 minutes per gig.<BR /><BR />Be sure to set the 5300 controller "Expansion Priority" setting to High before starting the expansion! Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:52:22 GMT JohnWRuffo 2004-08-13T09:52:22Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/smart-5300-controller/m-p/3356583#M13260 quick question:<BR /><BR />I have a Netware 6 server with a Smart Array 5300 controller running raid5 over 4x72GB disks. The Array is 200GB and I want to add another disk and increase the NSS pool size.<BR />Can anybody give me some idea how long it would take to add the extra 72GB disk to the array ? Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:01:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/smart-5300-controller/m-p/3356583#M13260 Michael_444 2004-08-13T07:01:34Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/smart-5300-controller/m-p/3356584#M13261 Michael:<BR /><BR />HP states that it can take 15 minutes per gig for expansion... and that is fairly true in my experience although I have seen expansion take as little as 6 minutes per gig.<BR /><BR />Be sure to set the 5300 controller "Expansion Priority" setting to High before starting the expansion! Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:52:22 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/smart-5300-controller/m-p/3356584#M13261 JohnWRuffo 2004-08-13T09:52:22Z