https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375479#M13503 I believe its SmartArray, thanks for your help. Which controllers would allow for more useage? Thu, 09 Sep 2004 06:21:53 GMT Conor Mulherin 2004-09-09T06:21:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375477#M13501 Can a 76Gb drive be added to our previous 3 36Gb drives under RAID 5? If so will it be used to its full capacity or just 36Gb of it, as I've heard is the case. Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:35:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375477#M13501 Conor Mulherin 2004-09-09T05:35:04Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375478#M13502 It really depends on the type of RAID controller you have, which you did not mention. In case you are talking about SmartArray or HSG/Z controllers, the answer is 36 GB. Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:50:06 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375478#M13502 Uwe Zessin 2004-09-09T05:50:06Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375479#M13503 I believe its SmartArray, thanks for your help. Which controllers would allow for more useage? Thu, 09 Sep 2004 06:21:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375479#M13503 Conor Mulherin 2004-09-09T06:21:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375480#M13504 The EVA (Enterprise Virtual Array) systems can truly use different sized disks in a disk group although we are no longer talking about simple RAID sets, here. Thu, 09 Sep 2004 06:32:22 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/adding-a-larger-drive-to-a-raid-5-setup/m-p/3375480#M13504 Uwe Zessin 2004-09-09T06:32:22Z