[plug] Raid expantion

[Steve Baker]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Tehvand" <patrick at perthix.net>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:16 PM
Subject: [plug] Raid expantion


>Hello,
>
>My knowlegde of RAID and linux partitions doesnt extend this far:
>
>Is it possible to add an additional/identical disk to a raid5 setup with 3
9g
>disks.

*Usually* no - generally you need to rebuild the RAID and reload your data,
but it depends on your RAID controller.  Some might allow it, but I haven't
come across any.  I'm assuming you want to extend your usable storage from
18G to 27G, not just add a hot spare?

Software RAID?  See Mark's reply.


Regards,
Steve
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