Increase free disk space in raid 10

Question

Hi

I have a raid 10 configuration that at some point before i took over, the disks were changed from 68GB to 138GB, they were replaced one at a time so when the array rebuilt it only used 68GB. Consequently i am only using half of the available space. What is the best way off increasing the usable space on the disks.

Thank you

vaware · Answer

In case anyone has read this and thought i should read some of the threads above mine, then i have tried diskpart, extpart Acronis, server manager only gives me the option of recreating the array as raid 5 in the wizard, raid 10 is greyed out. Anyone any ideas. thanks

Dennise458 · Answer

Could you provide some more information? - Poweredge model? - Raid controller model? - OS? - Raid Management Software (and it's version)?

vaware · Answer

Hi PE 2850, PERC 4E Di, Server Admin version 4.5.0 and Server 2003 Std, 6 disk raid 10 Thanks

pcmeiners · Answer

By an chance are your disks OS Dynamic disks, any or all  of them?

vaware · Answer

No they are all basic, Thanks

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Increase free disk space in raid 10

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