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Title: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
Post by: twg 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 ?

Title: Re: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
Post by: ECF on December 09, 2009, 11:16:49 AM

No you will need to format the entire volume to add another drive.

Title: Re: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
Post by: Pigsy 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?

Title: Re: Is it possible to add HD to existing RAID5
Post by: Doctor Doom 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.