> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 2:29 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Adding a spare-disk to a RAID5 array?
>
> I've found some cash, and want to add a spare disk to our
> raid5 array for
> added redundancy.
>
> Can this be done? It is a matter of
>
> 1. raidstop
> 2. add spare to raidtab
> 3. raidhotadd spare
This gives you a hot spare, is that what you want?
>
> or is it more a matter of
>
> 1. raidstop
> 2. cry
> 3. mkraid with the "I really mean it"
> 4. restore data from backup
This lets you expand the capacity of the RAID, is that what you want?
Greg
