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3/1/09 at 5:43pm
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Am I able to add another drive to my RAID 5 array using the Perc 5/i controller without formatting the array?? If so, how?

I have 3x 750GB drives in the array right now, and have a 4th drive hooked up. I can set it as a hot-swap drive, but I can't figure out how to add it to the array without deleting the array and making a new one. This would be very preferable as I don't have enough space outside my RAID 5 array to backup all of the data in order to delete the RAID 5.

Thanks in advance!
Edited by bruestle2 - 3/1/09 at 5:48pm
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3/1/09 at 6:28pm
there is an option in the "manager" program, expand or something.. (a word like expand, but i think longer..) i read every post in the perc 5i topic. and i cant remember the word...

it warns about backing up first, (because there is a chance it will fail..) but the posters in the other topic had tried it without data loss. should be somewhat safe..
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3/1/09 at 8:05pm
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Ah, it's in the reconstruction wizard...well, that is poorly named, imo.
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1/22/10 at 8:12am
How did it work out for you?
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1/22/10 at 8:15am
how could i do that with a intel raid setup like the one on my mobo?
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1/26/10 at 12:39am
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How did it work out for you?
I have added drives two times now. It has worked without any issue. That said, my ultra-critical files I still backup to another source before adding the drive.

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how could i do that with a intel raid setup like the one on my mobo?
I wouldn't know for sure without a bit of research, but I believe the integrated Intel soft-raid does not support adding drives to an existing array.
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5/6/11 at 1:17pm
hye guys ... if I have 4 x 2tb drives on my Perc 5i and I want to add an extra 2TB to expand the array, how long can I expect this to take ? anyone been through this ?

also, is the array usable for light data access or should I not touch it while its expanding?

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7/9/11 at 5:13pm
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Ah, it's in the reconstruction wizard...well, that is poorly named, imo.
old thread but I hope you can help.


where is reconstruction wizard? is that in the perc 5i bios or are you using megaraid? if so where exactly in megaraid?
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7/10/11 at 10:12pm
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old thread but I hope you can help.


where is reconstruction wizard? is that in the perc 5i bios or are you using megaraid? if so where exactly in megaraid?
I use megaraid. They seem to have reorganized the UI since I have last done this. Apparently it is named the "Modify Drive Group Wizard" now. To access the feature you need to right-click on the drive group and select modify drive group. You can also access it from the tools menu under drive group.

Since I have not used this feature since the UI has changed, I would refer you to the help docs which have instructions.

If you have a configuration similar to mine, adding a 750GB drive to a RAID 5 array on the PERC 5/i takes around three hours to rebuild.

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hye guys ... if I have 4 x 2tb drives on my Perc 5i and I want to add an extra 2TB to expand the array, how long can I expect this to take ? anyone been through this ?

also, is the array usable for light data access or should I not touch it while its expanding?

thanks
If I recall it would let you read/write data from the drive while it was adding the new drive; but I didn't want to touch it in case something bad happened. For a 2TB drive, expect it to take many, many hours.
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11/6/11 at 7:37pm
The most easiest way to add additional drives to existing RAID 5 array is using Dell OpenManage Server Administrator to reconfigure RAID 5:http://www.partition-magic.org/hardw...to-raid-5.html. No downtime and data loss.
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