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Is there any RAID setup that will allow you to add more drives thus increasing space as you need it that doesn't involve backing up and wiping out to create a new one?
As my setup grows larger with more and more data, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to have to move data to another drive as I setup a new array as the size of drives aren't big enough to hold all of it.
Posted : 25/07/2019 10:50 am
Only RAID 1. (Which does not increase capacity)
Or replacing disks one by one, then resize volume.
Sorry.
Posted : 25/07/2019 11:30 am
Only RAID 1. (Which does not increase capacity)
Or replacing disks one by one, then resize volume.Sorry.
To be sure that I understand correctly. I run a 2x3x12TB RAID10 configuration. Are you saying that in a few years I could replace the 12TB with, say, 16TB drives and increase the volume size from 36 to 48TB without having to move the data back and forth?
Posted : 04/08/2019 3:17 pm
Yes you could.
It is tedious, as you need to replace each of the 6 drives, one at a time, but it can be done. At the end you would "resize volume" to use the extra capacity.
Posted : 04/08/2019 3:31 pm
