Hi All
On a HP DL580 G4, intel 64bit with Smart Array P400 Raid controller
card with SAS disk drives.
Here is how i have installed SLES 9.0
tuxx02:~ # hpacucli ctrl all show config
Smart Array P400 in Slot 4 (sn: PA5360J9STQ0QK)
array A (SAS, Unused Space: 0 MB)
logicaldrive 1 (136.7 GB, RAID 1+0, OK) ** contains OS**
physicaldrive 2I:1:1 (port 2I:box 1:bay 1, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:2 (port 2I:box 1:bay 2, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
array B (SAS, Unused Space: 0 MB)
logicaldrive 2 (546.8 GB, RAID 5, OK) ** contains Databases & apps **
physicaldrive 1I:1:5 (port 1I:box 1:bay 5, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:6 (port 1I:box 1:bay 6, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:7 (port 1I:box 1:bay 7, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:3 (port 2I:box 1:bay 3, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:4 (port 2I:box 1:bay 4, SAS, 146 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:8 (port 1I:box 1:bay 8, SAS, 146 GB, OK, spare)
I need some extra storage, and thinking to remove the spare disk (1:8)
from array B, and create "array C", and then initialize the disk into
the LVM2 and create LVs.
Is there any other way around? e.g without removing the disk from array B?
What I also want to understand is, does hardware RAID system really
care about data, what happens to the data if one, add a disk into the
existing logical drive?
e.g logicaldrive 2, what if I unkmark the disk as spare, what happens
to logical drive/date??
Thanks and Regards
Yash
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