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Expanding RAID 5 on Dell R530 with Perc h730mini
Hi,
Setup
Dell PoweEdge R520
Raid controller PERC H710P Mini firmware 21.3.0-0009
5 disk of 4TB
Virtualdisk01 RAID-5 200GB
Virtualdisk02 RAID-5 14TB
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Dell PowerEdge R530
PERC H730 Mini firmware 25.5.3.0005
5 disk of 4TB
Virtualdisk01 RAID-5 200GB
Virtualdisk02 RAID-5 14TB
It's possible expand RAID5 with 2 more disk and apply space to the virtualdisk02 with the servers online ?
regards,
DELL-Daniel My
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October 3rd, 2018 11:00
Hello
Yes, if you have slots to install more disks you can expand the RAID 5 virtual disk by adding more disks. The H710 will require an application like OpenManage Server Administrator to perform a reconfigure. I think the H730/PERC9 was the first generation that reconfigure was supported through the iDRAC web interface. So, on the H730 you con probably perform the reconfigure using OMSA or the iDRAC embedded web server.
The OMSA storage manual has a reconfigure section that lists what is possible.
http://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals/
Thanks