can i create 2 logical drives from 5 drives. 3 drives raid 5 2 drives mirrored

[ShaunWallis]

I have the following setup

Smart Array P410i in Embedded Slot : Identify Controller

Configured Logical Drives 1 (0x01)

Big Drive Present Map                0x1f 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
                                        Position Device                Status        
                                        -------- --------------------- -------------
                                        0        Physical Drive 1I:1:1 Informational
                                        1        Physical Drive 1I:1:2 Informational
                                        2        Physical Drive 1I:1:3 Informational
                                        3        Physical Drive 1I:1:4 Informational
                                        4        Physical Drive 2I:1:5 Informational

Drives 0, 1 and two are already running raid 5.  I have two additional drive which i want to create a  ( d: )  logical drive mirrored. what is the best was to go about this

[Erdogan Temur]

Hi,

i think best configuration
two disk with raid 1 - OS section
three disk with raid 5 - Data storing section

[ShaunWallis]

Thank you for the reply,

Current setup is 3 drive raid 5

I want to add two additional drives to created a second logical drive to move my wsus as it is eating away my space space.

i am not sure of how to create this i dont want to distroy my current raid and logical drive.

Kind regards

Shaun

[Erdogan Temur]

Hi @ShaunWallis

You can expand the existing raid 5.

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03510253

[valpreda]

If your WSUS is getting big, look at Clean-WSUS.ps1. I bet it cleans up a TON of space. Seen it clear up 100GB of expired/unneeded updates and it will do it automatically if you set it as a task. Few pieces to install (SQL connections) and then very easy to configure. It's something I install with every machine running WSUS. 

https://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/2998-wsus-automated-maintenance-formerly-adamj-clean-wsus