Expanding array by changing disks (one by one)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hello,

We are in the process of increasing the size our RAID Arrays as our storage needs increase.

I've got 2 solutions for this:

- Copy the data over a new array and replace the disks

- Replace each disk (one after the other(after resync)) of the existing array with a bigger one.

Start:
   - Array is ok
- Remove 1 disk
   - Array is degraded
- Add a bigger disk
   - Resync
- Remove another disk
   - Array is degraded
- Add a bigger disk
   - Resync
.....

Would this be the 'state of the art' way ?

Will the filesystem cope with it?

Is my mind completely broken?

Thanks for your help.

Laurent


- 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

[Index of Archives]     [Linux RAID Wiki]     [ATA RAID]     [Linux SCSI Target Infrastructure]     [Linux Block]     [Linux IDE]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux Hams]     [Device Mapper]     [Device Mapper Cryptographics]     [Kernel]     [Linux Admin]     [Linux Net]     [GFS]     [RPM]     [git]     [Yosemite Forum]


  Powered by Linux