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Proliant ML570 G4

 
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ManuGR
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Re: Proliant ML570 G4

Array E is the one it needs an expansion of space.

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Re: Proliant ML570 G4

OK, array E is a RAID1 with 2x 450GB SAS drives, so you need another 2x 450 GB drives to extend it.


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ManuGR
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Re: Proliant ML570 G4

Greetings, I just got the 2 extra sas disks to make the expansion!

I have a simple maybe stupid question!

Can i make the expansion while there is i/o activity?

To make things clear for you, on those disks there is an MS SQL Database where an ERP has i/o for about 15 hours/day...

I remember that the system needs a reboot after any job made in an array....

Thank you for your time and effort on my task!

ManuGR
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Re: Proliant ML570 G4

Hello everyone, so to continue with the task progress...

I have done the expand procedure through the ACU, waited for the job to complete and after that i did the extend procedure

as i selected the maximum capacity of the newly added unused space of the array. After that i can see the unalocated space

on the windows disk management and now i have to extend the unalocated space... I must do this through windows?

I mean with diskpart for example?

Thank you for any info on my task!

ManuGR
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Re: Proliant ML570 G4

Greetings, so the post could be considered closed!

To finalize  the task, after the expand which took 6 and a half hours to complete through the ACU, i did took a backup of the sql database and after that i did the extend of the free space i had on the array uding the diskpart through command prompt.

The extend command took about a fraction of a second. I think that also the speed of the application also is better.

Thank you all for your help, i appreciate it!

Cheers!