Expanding a Vinum RAID-5 array

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Saturday, 12 July 2003 at  8:42:17 +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote:
> Is it possible to just 'plug-in' another disk to a vinum RAID-5
> array and let vinum start building a new index based on the new
> volume-size?

No, sorry.  You can (forcibly) add another plex (I think), but it will
involve complete data loss (another way to say backup/restore data).

What you can do, if you have enough disk, is to create a second RAID-5
plex of the desired size and start it from the first.  After that you
can release the disks of the first plex.

Greg
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