Adding new hard drive without wiping data

[sampko]

I have a 4 hard drives, 2(36gb) as raid 1 and the other 2(500gb) as raid 0. Now I want to add another hard drive(1tb) and it is full of data that I need to keep and want to be made available to the server. Is it possible to put the drive in and not have it wiped?

 

[technome]

Depends on the controller and the raid type. Generally your controller will not allow it but some of the recent controllers with allow a stand alone drive to to be added as a single drive raid 0 without issues. I would not consider trying it before getting in touch with the raid card manufacturer.


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[sampko]

well in my case it is a perc 5

 

[technome]

Not positive but, I do not belive you can with the 5, pretty sure the Perc 6 does it, but that is a SAS/sata controller. Go over to the Dell site and ask
If user Theflash1932 or DEVMGR answers, they are knowledgable

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/906.aspx

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Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm