Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Joachim Dagerot
Is it possible to just 'plug-in' another disk to a vinum RAID-5 array and let vinum start building a new index based on the new volume-size? All this without any data-loss? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 12 July 2003 at 8:42:17 +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: Is it possible to just 'plug-in' another disk to a vinum RAID-5 array and let vinum start building a new index based on the new volume-size? No, sorry. You can (forcibly) add another plex (I think), but it will involve

Re: Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Joachim Dagerot
Hmm, this completely ruined just about all of my storage plans. :-) Do anyone know other (read hardware) RAID-systems that are known to work well with freeBSD and also allows me to increase the total diskspace without dataloss? On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 09:02, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: Is it

Re: Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 0:07:04 +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 09:02, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: Is it possible to just 'plug-in' another disk to a vinum RAID-5 array and let vinum start building a new index based on the new volume-size? No, sorry. You can

Re: Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 09:36:29AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 0:07:04 +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: Do anyone know other (read hardware) RAID-systems that are known to work well with freeBSD and also allows me to increase the total diskspace without

Re: Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Tillman
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 06:29:25PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 09:36:29AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 0:07:04 +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: Do anyone know other (read hardware) RAID-systems that are known to work well with

Re: Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 12 July 2003 at 20:46:14 -0600, Tillman wrote: On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 06:29:25PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 09:36:29AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 0:07:04 +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: Do anyone know other (read

Re: Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

2003-07-12 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:59, Bill Campbell wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 09:36:29AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 0:07:04 +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: Do anyone know other (read hardware) RAID-systems that are known to work well with freeBSD and also