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August 21st, 2018 04:00
RAID Controller Card: Perc h730p Dell R730
Hi All, from my research I see varying answers to my issue and just want to get some help here.
Currently, I have 6 X 600GB HDD's in a RAID-5 config. I would like to add 2 X 600GB to the existing RAID. Is this possible or will I have to rebuild?
I see an option to reconfigure virtual disks, but also on that menu structure, its looking for the new RAID type. I am not sure if I leave it at 5 and add the new disks, will this expend the current, or wipe the data and configure a new RAID.
Any help, would be great.
Thanks,
James.
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August 21st, 2018 08:00
Djsim101,
You would need to do a Reconfigure to perform a Online Capacity Expansion, but when doing so you do have Raid options in there to do a Raid Level Migration, if you so choose. Expanding the Virtual Disk doesn't impact the data, but I would recommend getting a complete backup of the data anytime you do anything in the Virtual Disks. If you follow this link it will take you to a walkthrough on the process.
Let me know if this helps.