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Author Topic: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5  (Read 2970 times)

twg

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Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
« on: December 08, 2009, 05:54:02 PM »
i have 3 drives setup for RAID5, can I add 1 more HD to Volume without affecting the data on the existing volume ?
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ECF

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Re: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2009, 11:16:49 AM »
No you will need to format the entire volume to add another drive.
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Pigsy

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Re: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2010, 10:26:28 AM »
/Bump

This still the case? 

I have volume_1 as raid 5, disk 1,2 & 3 all 1tb
and volume_2 as disk 4 with 1tb


Would like to merge disk 4 into the raid...possible? Any changes on this since Dec 2009?
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Doctor Doom

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Re: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2010, 11:55:34 AM »
Yes this is still the case. You will need to reformat the RAID as 4 drives from scratch.
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