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Adding disk to raid 5 array on DL380 with smart array 6i

dom.inic — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:07:51 GMT

Can i add 2 disks to a 3 disk array without any downtime or any data loss??

Re: Adding disk to raid 5 array on DL380 with smart array 6i

Steven Clementi — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:09:08 GMT

Dom:

Yes, assuming you have the available hdd slots to use.

Steven

Re: Adding disk to raid 5 array on DL380 with smart array 6i

Jason Lee3 — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:36:23 GMT

Hi Dominic,
After you have completed the "Expand" operation by adding the 2 physical drives to the existing array you should then be able to "Extend" the logical drive to use the additional space in the array. (Assuming you currently have an array containing 3 physical drives and a single RAID5 logical drive presented.
Regards Jason