capacity expansion of a raid 0+1 on smart array 5i

[Dennis Kjær Jensen]

> I was wondering whether this works to expand a smart array 5i under FreeBSD.

> a) hotplug one of the 36GB physical drives and change it with a 147GB hotplug drive.
> b) rebuild the raid
> c) hotplug the remaining 36GB drive, also replacing it with a 147GB drive.
> d) rebuild the array
> e) enter der array configuration utility and find additional (147GB -
> 36GB) drivespace available for additional logical volumes..


> well, would be nice if it worked :)

It'll work.

... Dennis