Hpe Windows Server How to add disk to existing raid1 partition?

[Jh9]

Hi. everyone

I have a question, I ask

After configuring 2 x 500 giga disks on the Hpe server as raid1

I divided the 250gb/250gb partitions and made it an os/data area.

But I am trying to add capacity to this data area

Bundle 2 1tb disks into raid1

I want to add a volume to the data area to make it 1.25tb, is that possible?

I have a question that seems strange to do something with partition expansion.

OS is winserver 2019 and array card is p408i-p

I will write it as a comment to find out. thanks you
 

[SanjeevGoyal · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Frist,

If you add 1TB HDD in existing raid 1 (500GBx2). Existing Raid 1 will except only 500 GB space from the 1TB hard disk.( not except complete 1TB space)

HPE Smart Array SR Gen10 Configuration Guide ( Follow the page no#80) for more clarifications.

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00018944en_us

Expanding an array

You can increase the storage space on an array by adding physical drives. Any drive that you want to add must meet the following criteria:

•It must be an unassigned drive.

•It must be of the same type as existing drives in the array (for example, SATA or SAS).

•It must have a capacity no less than the capacity of the smallest drive in the array.

Follow the below link only for your reference. ( This is for P840) but you can follow with the same hard disk capacity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfxaR2jA2i8