raid 5 question

[timbo]

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Hi people,

I have a 3 x 36gb u320 raid 5.
The question is can i replace one of the 36gb's with a larger drive of the
same spec
i.e. 72gb u320.....

Regards
TIM

 

[Guest]

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yes, but only you use 36Gb of 72GB.
The other 36Gb free you have a raid 0 some as LBO disk.

I don´t recomended it.

"timbo" escribió:

> Hi people,
>
> I have a 3 x 36gb u320 raid 5.
> The question is can i replace one of the 36gb's with a larger drive of the
> same spec
> i.e. 72gb u320.....
>
> Regards
> TIM

 

[Guest]

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From: "timbo" <timbo@discussions.microsoft.com>

| Hi people,
|
| I have a 3 x 36gb u320 raid 5.
| The question is can i replace one of the 36gb's with a larger drive of the
| same spec
| i.e. 72gb u320.....
|
| Regards
| TIM

Yes, the replcemant drive drive must be equal to or larger than the drive being replaced.

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