We are in the process of testing our own NAS box (Compaq with Smart Array 6400).
The Compaq box has a capacity of 14 Hotswap HD's - but due to budget restraints, we have initially only purchased 5 drives. Current data partition is ~409Gb - but we will be wanting to add additional storage(To the data partition) as demand dictates. The method to increase the data partition I have used is: - Turn off server, add new HD's, boot into HP Top Tools and add the new drives to the array (Giving additional space). - Reboot server, once in Deb, unmount data partition(Unmount not totally necessary) - cfdisk(or fdisk), delete the data partition(Making note of the starting cylinder), then recreate the data partition with the same starting cylinder, but incorporate the new free space. - resize_reiserfs to increase the fs size to incorporate the newly available space The above method does not fill me with confidence - Especially once the NAS is in production...maybe it's just me, but deleting a partition scares the bejesus out of me! Do I have any other options (Other than adding new HD's as required, and creating new partitions each time)? Regards, MB