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[Glen Kleidon]

I have 2 LC3s with RAID 1 configured.

Each of these have 1 more hot swap bay. 1 has 2x9.1 and the other has 2x18. I want to add 1 more drive on each and convert to RAID 5.

Do the netraid tools allow for a conversion from RAID 1 to RAID 5?

[Enes Dizdarevic · Accepted solution]

Yes, the best way is using NetRaid Assistent. If you have not installed it install it from netserver navigator, start it, select your raid 1 array (status online) and new disk (status ready). In menus find item expand capacity / change raid level, select appropriata action and wait for rebuild to finish.

[Glen Kleidon]

This worked great!! The netraid configuration tool now shows 18GB of space under RAID 5.

Except.....Windows NT 4 still shows 9GB even after a reboot.

I expected the NT Disk administrator to show the original 9GB partition and then an unused portion representing the new 9GB. It just shows Drive 0 as 9GB and there is no sign of the new space.

How can I make NT recognise it?

Glen.

[Theo Hill_1]

MAke sure you are viewing all space and not just the partitioned space.

[Glen Kleidon]

Theo,

I don't know what you mean. The NT4 Disk administrator does not have any such setting as far as I can see.

I have tried every configuration, option etc etc in the disk administrator. I think there needs to be a change to the disk partition information somewhere eg - I thought it might be in boot.ini but it is not.

Glen.

[Andreas Luetteken]

If the existing 9 GB partition is not containing the system, you can create another 9GB in the remaining space you see in disk admin and then stripe the two partitions.

Otherwise you'll have to backup the partition and create a new one from scratch.

The Netraid has a feature that permits the online expansion of a existing volume, but you can install this only on new partitions.

[Glen Kleidon]

Andreas,

You Mis-understand the problem.

THe Disk administrator is NOT showing the additional 9GB of space even though the NetRaid does.