Proliant ML530 G2

[BlaZe]

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Hi

If I have a Proliant G2 with the Hot Swap bays, and I have 4 x 72GB Disks in
them

If I want to expand do I have to keep with the 72's or can I add larger
disks ?

thanks

 

[Guest]

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On the seventh day, Blaze wrote...

> Hi
>
> If I have a Proliant G2 with the Hot Swap bays, and I have 4 x 72GB Disks in
> them
>
> If I want to expand do I have to keep with the 72's or can I add larger
> disks ?

Hello, Blaze,

I guess that depends what kind of RAID config you've set up so far. Without
knowing the RAID controller in your system in detail, RAID-0+1 setups
usually can be extended by using 2 or 4 larger hard disk drives - just add
to the first channel as many hard disks as you add to the other.
A RAID-5 setup should be happy with any hotspare it can get *g* but in
order to extend the array in size, you'd better have a backup, disable the
array and build it from scratch.

Of course, you're always free to use new hard disks for a second or third
array!

--
mit freundlichen Grüßen/with kind regards
Christian Dürrhauer, Institute of Geography, FU Berlin

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun.
There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.

 

[BlaZe]

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"Christian Dürrhauer" <cduerr@geog.fu-berlin.de> wrote in message
news:1ca19h1q3od0l.dlg@73137.user.dfncis.de...
> On the seventh day, Blaze wrote...
>
> > Hi
> >
> > If I have a Proliant G2 with the Hot Swap bays, and I have 4 x 72GB
Disks in
> > them
> >
> > If I want to expand do I have to keep with the 72's or can I add larger
> > disks ?
>
> Hello, Blaze,
>
> I guess that depends what kind of RAID config you've set up so far.
Without
> knowing the RAID controller in your system in detail, RAID-0+1 setups
> usually can be extended by using 2 or 4 larger hard disk drives - just add
> to the first channel as many hard disks as you add to the other.
> A RAID-5 setup should be happy with any hotspare it can get *g* but in
> order to extend the array in size, you'd better have a backup, disable the
> array and build it from scratch.
>
> Of course, you're always free to use new hard disks for a second or third
> array!

We propose to have a raid 5 with 5 x 72GB HDD's..

I was wondering if an expansion would be simple or would I have to go
through the shelep of rebuilding, as this is going to be the DC and I really
don't want to have to rebuild when I run out of space.. its easier to put a
new cheap PC as a file server

 

[Guest]

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As a rule, RAID arrays need rebuilding when adding to their capacity.

.... Ben Myers

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:41:39 GMT, "Blaze" <asfdaf@aff.com> wrote:

>
>"Christian Dürrhauer" <cduerr@geog.fu-berlin.de> wrote in message
>news:1ca19h1q3od0l.dlg@73137.user.dfncis.de...
>> On the seventh day, Blaze wrote...
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > If I have a Proliant G2 with the Hot Swap bays, and I have 4 x 72GB
>Disks in
>> > them
>> >
>> > If I want to expand do I have to keep with the 72's or can I add larger
>> > disks ?
>>
>> Hello, Blaze,
>>
>> I guess that depends what kind of RAID config you've set up so far.
>Without
>> knowing the RAID controller in your system in detail, RAID-0+1 setups
>> usually can be extended by using 2 or 4 larger hard disk drives - just add
>> to the first channel as many hard disks as you add to the other.
>> A RAID-5 setup should be happy with any hotspare it can get *g* but in
>> order to extend the array in size, you'd better have a backup, disable the
>> array and build it from scratch.
>>
>> Of course, you're always free to use new hard disks for a second or third
>> array!
>
>We propose to have a raid 5 with 5 x 72GB HDD's..
>
>I was wondering if an expansion would be simple or would I have to go
>through the shelep of rebuilding, as this is going to be the DC and I really
>don't want to have to rebuild when I run out of space.. its easier to put a
>new cheap PC as a file server
>
>