Tags: raid5
06/12/09
03:23:24 pm, by richard 
, 1195 words 
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Filing Systems, Installation and Configuration
HOWTO: Expand a RAID 5 by adding another disk
So you already have a RAID 5 array and you want to make it bigger. You can either swap out each disk one at a time for a larger disk or simply add an new disk to the existing array. When I say simply there is a scary bit at the end. [redsample image=… more »
22/12/08
09:44:59 am, by richard , 1110 words
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Filing Systems, Installation and Configuration
HOWTO Expand a RAID 5 by replacing the disk with lager ones.
You can increase the size of your RAID 5 disk array by swapping out each disk in turn with a larger disk. This takes time, a lot of time if you have many disks in your array.
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