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April 25th, 2007 12:00

Adding new disk to RAID-5 array

I had a RAID-5 array on my PowerEdge 4600 with 3 disks and determined that I needed to add more space.  I purchased an additional drive, initialized it and added it to the virtual disk, but I am not seeing additional storage space under Windows Explorer.  Must I reformat the virtual disk to see the new size?
 
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Message Edited by mcvosi on 04-25-2007 08:43 AM
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    Posted April 25th, 2007 13:00

    Hi Mark,
     
    Thanks for the reply.
     
    Extend it using something like Partition Magic?
     
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    Posted April 25th, 2007 13:00

    The new space will show up as unused space in Disk Manager.  You will have to either extend an existing partition into the new space or create a new partition in the new space.
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    Posted April 25th, 2007 13:00

    That depends on your OS.  PM should work.  W2K3 has diskpart built into the OS.
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    Posted April 25th, 2007 13:00

    It's a Windows 2000 Server so I guess I'll be using 3rd party software.
     
    Thanks, Mark.
     

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