Can i increase the size of my data partition on my ProLiant DL380 Gen10

[marcusf]

Hi,

I have a  ProLiant DL380 Gen10  server which has 2 x logical drives

the first is RAID 1

and the second is RAID 5 with x5 disks = 400 GB SAS 512e SSD 

Ideally we want to increase the size of the second logical drive by hot swapping bigger disks into the array.

Is this possible without downtime for the users?

Storage controller = HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10

thanks

Marcus

[Cali]

Hello,

yes, this Controller supports this.
First, replace one by one with the bigger Disks.

Monitor and be sure that the rebuild is done before you change the next Disk.

If all Disks are swapped, you can extend the existing Array with the free Space and after that the Volume.

I'm not sure if you will need a Cache Battery to extend, but it is way faster with a Battery.

Use the HPE Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) to control and perform this Online.
(Software depend on your OS)

Cali

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[marcusf · Accepted solution]

thanks for confirming this, i was hoping we could it this way and this will save us a lot of time