Expanding RAID5 on PowerEdge R720

Hi all, I have a R720 Poweredge server configured with 2 virtual disks, one for the operating system (RAID 1) and one for the data (RAID5 with 3 drives 1 TB each). I plan on expansion of raid5 with another disc.

The drive has been added and is currently recognized by the OMSA as loan. From what I understand now, I need only to use the task some "reconfigure" on the VFD of the data.

I have only a few doubts:
1 - is this 'reconfigure' task is to clear all data?
2 - can be performend online or I need to bring down the system? Is the reboot needed?

Thanks for your help

Paolo

Hello.

gnegnegne
I have only a few doubts:
1 - is this 'reconfigure' task is to clear all data?

Reconfiguration of a table does not erase existing data; It influences only the performance disk until the reconfiguration operation.

gnegnegne
2 - can be performed online or I need to bring down the system? Is the reboot needed?

Of reconfiguration is done only online and even once the operation is completed, no reboot is necessary.

Let me know if you have other questions about your RAID array.

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