Bigger disk-swapping, but down two, possible to remove them from the table, and then expand?

I have a R710 with a PERC 6 / i, Win 2008 R2 running. I have a small disk for the operating system, the other 5 bays are filled with 1 TB disks in a RAID array-5.

I need to add more storage, so I want to buy three discs of 3 TB. I plan on the withdrawal of old readers, and then put it in the new, bigger. I assume that it will take 1 of the 3 TB and repair. Leaving free 2 TB disk. Repeat this step twice more, which will result in three discs of 3TO with 6 TB of disk space not used in the RAID.

Is it possible to have the controller expand storage in my table of RAID-5 existing free space, and then delete the two remaining 1 TB disks in the array?

Who is? Is it still possible? Or do I have to backup the data on another storage device and delete the table and simply start a new one with the three discs of 3 TB and copy the data back?

This will not work:

(1) the PERC 6 won't take 3 TB drives; the maximum size is 2 TB.

(2) you cannot delete records in a table - your RAID 5 5x1TB must always have records of 5 or more (you can add without deleting).  Even when using the same number of disks, isn't it possible to do the smaller table/VD.

(3) even if you used 2 TB disks, there is no way to expand the RAID 5 using the extra space on the disks - with 5 disks in RAID 5, it will remain the same size. The only thing you can do with the new space is to create a second RAID array on the disks (called "slice").  This new VD is handled by the operating system as another "drive."

Keep in mind if backup and restore in a larger painting, as if the VD ('disc') is greater than 2 TB, the disc "" MUST be converted to GPT and active UEFI bootmode (instead of BIOS).  Make sure that your backup software is capable of restoring one using the BIOS install on a system UEFI (and the 'disc' TPG 'disc' MBR).

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