Expandir RAID 5 controlador Array B140i

[Pau_Inf]

Estimad@,

Actualmente, tengo un servidor ProLiant DL120 Gen9 Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller y requiero agregar 1 disco adicional para expandir el RAID 5 Actual, dado que se está quedando sin espacio. leí la documentación técnica de la controladora pero en ninguna parte indica si se puede expandir o no.

Agradecería si alguien que lo allá realizado me puede confirmar si se puede o no, dado que necesito confirmar esto con nuestro cliente.

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Expand RAID 5 controller Array B140i
Dear,

I currently have a ProLiant DL120 Gen9 Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller and I need to add 1 additional disk to expand the current RAID 5, since it is running out of space. I read the technical documentation for the controller but it does not indicate anywhere if it can be expanded or not.

I would appreciate if someone who has done this can confirm for me if it can or not, since I need to confirm this with our client.

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

Please refer to the QuickSpecs, page# 6
B140i provides support for up to 8 SATA drives and supports RAID 0, 1, 1+0 & 5.

According to the user guide on page# 20-21, You can add hard drives to a system at any time if you do not exceed the maximum number of drives that
the controller supports.

NOTE: It’s important to keep data backup before performing this activity.
Data integrity is customer responsibility. HPE recommends having data backup frequently and before performing any activity so that it can be restored during disaster recovery.

https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/expansion-raid-on-smartarray-b140i/td-p/7102504

Thank You!
I work with HPE but opinions expressed here are mine.