Expanding a raid 5 array

[PaulGillespie]

HI Guys

I'm going to buy a Dell server probably a 1600sc to act as a company mail server for around 40 users.
My question is: if i start with a raid 5 array and require more space, can i add another disk and increase the array size?

Thanks

Paul

 

[NickFerrar]

Yes, at least on the servers I've done it on so far. I think part of it comes down to RAID controller functinality but I've done it successfully on PERC 3's and 4's.

 

[PaulGillespie]

Thanks Nic!