> Is it possible to add a disk to a raid5 array after > that array has been created? No you cannot; the array will have to be re-created. > and I have no where > else to stick that data while building the raid5 Give me a call and I can help with that. I have several 200Gb Hard drives sitting here unused. Scott Bolander Computer Services of Cincinnati http://www.cincysystems.com scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 513-266-6656 "I said, 'government is powerless to protect you,' not powerless to punish you." --Chief Wiggum, The Simpsons Andrew McCready said: > Is it possible to add a disk to a raid5 array after > that array has been created? > > I just bought 3 disks that I plan to turn into a raid5 > array, and I have two more disks in a raid0 array that > I'd like to add to it. The problem is that the raid0 > has 6months worth of data on it, and I have no where > else to stick that data while building the raid5 > array. I was hoping I could build a 3 disk raid5 > array, move the files over, then add the 2 remaining > disks to the raid5 array. > > Thanks, Andrew > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
