Proliant DL585 Raid Expansion

[Steven Bauch]

I currently have all 4 drive slots filled with 72.8 GB drives in 1 raid-5 array on my SQL server. I need to expand my capacity, but would rather not have to reinstall Windows and SQL server all over again on a new array with larger drives. Can I replace each 72.8GB drive with a 300GB drive one at a time, let the raid software rebuild the drive and after all 4 drives are replaced access the extra capacity?

[Brian_Murdoch]

You can Steven but have a look at the additonal requirements (diskpart) for example from these forum replies.

http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do;HP-ESC-S-WPA-IDX=HYzGLFvZnph1jmty790JZfgy2cbpnRvwz5b6y8TXrfsZNdPR17Zd!-811738563!-143594199?origin=0&rn=25&wpa=forums12.itrc.hp.com%3A80&searchcriteria=allwords&chkServStor=on&source=7000&searchtext=logical+drive+expansion&from=forums&searchcategory=ALL&esc=support.itrc.hp.com&todo=search&hpl=1&presort=rank&admit=109447626+1205351204980+28353475

I hope this helps.

Brian

[KarloChacon]

hi

yes off course you can, in fact you don't need to reboot the server it is a online process

check this
http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1205372184662+28353475&threadId=1027500

and also I recommend you have latest Array configuration utility and latest firmware - driver for your controller

regards

[Steven Bauch]

Thanks for the help. These replys answered my question.