RAID 5 rebuilt with smaller drive

[newbobbys9]

I have a Dell 745N box running a web proxy. One drive failed, and I was given a drive from a like server as a replacement. After it was installed and rebuilt, I discovered that it was a 120 GB instead of a 160 GB. The rebuilt server is still complaining about being degraded, and in array manager the data group shows only 3 drives and the OS group shows 4. In the OS group, however, it has only incorporated a few GB, and lists the rest as unallocated.

I have a new drive that is the appropriate size now, but I am concerned about being able to restore the array to its original configuration. Will it rebuild correctly? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[xmsre]

Perhaps you should post this in the general NAS forum or Dell Server forum. The last I knew, Dell was not a subsidary of Network Appliance Inc.