S sumit_t Distinguished Aug 4, 2011 1 0 18,510 Aug 4, 2011 #1 I am using 4 Hard Drive in RAID5 but i want to add additional Drive in existing RAID. Can any one suggest me how to install additional one and is it safe for my existing data.
I am using 4 Hard Drive in RAID5 but i want to add additional Drive in existing RAID. Can any one suggest me how to install additional one and is it safe for my existing data.
chedderslam1976 Distinguished Nov 24, 2008 463 0 18,790 Aug 4, 2011 #2 What are you using for raid? Card, mobo, software? Which model of whatever? Upvote 0 Downvote
tokencode Distinguished Dec 25, 2010 847 1 19,060 Aug 4, 2011 #3 This can only be done if your RAID controller supports this functionality otherwise you will need to re-create the RAID 5 from scratch. Upvote 0 Downvote
This can only be done if your RAID controller supports this functionality otherwise you will need to re-create the RAID 5 from scratch.
ahthurungnone Distinguished Jun 9, 2010 616 0 19,010 Aug 9, 2011 #4 Yep, token is right. Upvote 0 Downvote