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October 16th, 2014 02:00

Expand raid5 poweredge 720xd vmware esxi 5.1

Hello.

Im need to expand an existing 11 disk raid from 2tb disk to 4tb disks the last disk nr 12 as hotspare.

We have an perc 710 mini in the server.

Is it possible to expand the existing raid from 2tb disks with 4tb? And how long will it take approximately?

We are running vmware esxi 5.1 on the server how will esxi 5.1 react to the new volyme? Can i just refresh and it will se the expanded raid set or do i have to reboot the server?

Thanks in advance.

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November 20th, 2014 17:00

It will take weeks to remove all 11 disks ONE AT A TIME and rebuild each one. You're better off performing a backup/restore to a larger array.

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