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Conor Mulherin
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‎09-08-2004 10:35 PM

‎09-08-2004 10:35 PM

Adding a larger drive to a RAID 5 setup

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.
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Uwe Zessin
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‎09-08-2004 10:50 PM

‎09-08-2004 10:50 PM

Re: Adding a larger drive to a RAID 5 setup

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.
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Conor Mulherin
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‎09-08-2004 11:21 PM

‎09-08-2004 11:21 PM

Re: Adding a larger drive to a RAID 5 setup

I believe its SmartArray, thanks for your help. Which controllers would allow for more useage?
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Uwe Zessin
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‎09-08-2004 11:32 PM

‎09-08-2004 11:32 PM

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Re: Adding a larger drive to a RAID 5 setup

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.
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