[NTLUG:Discuss] rebuilding a raid5 with bigger disks

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 00:11, Robert Pearson wrote:
> Take a look at the article at---
> http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/20040625/index.html

I didn't realize that Promise now has a FastTrak with on-board
intelligence.  Interesting.

> In particular the paragraph---
> Online Capacity Expansion
> Online capacity expansion is recommended for forward-thinking users.
> [When_this_feature _is_supported],
> you will be able to change the size of your array on the fly. This is
> a real boon if you intend to enlarge your array.

Of course, that means you actually _trust_ it.

I'd rather move my data, remount it elsewhere, and then organize a new
array, and copy it over.  At least on a production system.

But that's just me.

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Bryan J. Smith                                 b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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