I have proliant dl360gen9 with SmartArray 440ar(fw4.52) and RAID5 of 5 sas 6gbs 10rpm 900Gb on it. I need to expand RAID array with 2 SAS 12gbs 10rpm 900Gb. Is it possible from smart array storage in windows 2012r2?
No! They're lying in the cupboard and raid controller near them.
Definitely, they both attached and moreover were built as RAID 1 and it worked. But now i wish expand RAID5 that is on first 5 disks. I distoyed RAID1, erased disks but can't to add them to exist array
What does it show in the "Logical Devices" screen? You need to be in that screen to expand the existing array. And why does it say "2 arrays, 2 logical devices" undet the "Logical Devices" icon?
I know where I need to be to expand. It was just a screen to show that drives placed to the server. Why you interested in second logical drive? It doesn't matter. There is a RAID0 there - http://clip2net.com/s/3JqTpsn
When i click to Manage Data Drives (Manage the physical data drives in the array. Expand the array by adding data drives, replace one or more data drives, shrink the array by removing current data drives) i see just option for moving.
And after all we go back to my main question - what was done wrong and what i should do?
If a 6G drive is attached to a 12G controller, the drive may settle to a 6 Gb/s transfer rate. It is impossible to use at 12G speed.
If this is the hdd you are using!
HP 900GB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF (2.5-inch) SC Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive 652589-B21
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The expand option only appears if there is unassigned disk.
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Very interesting things are happening :) Do the steps below.
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Unassign the (OLD) hot spare that you have and see if the "expand" button shows up.
Also try to configure one of the new drives as hot spare. If you can't I would think that the two new drives can not be mixed with the old ones because of the difference in the speed. Even if we all know that the speed difference does not matter.
Do you have the CLI installed? You may want to attempt to add the new drives to your array. If it refuses *maybe* you will get a meaningful error message.
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