Toshiba Magnia 560S - Manual (Page 209)

Adding Capacity to an Array
Virtual Sizing and Online Capacity Expansion
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Adding Hard Disk Drives in Power Console Plus vX.X
On the main Power Console Plus screen, verify that the drive(s) that were added
display on the appropriate channel. There are three ways you can add a HDD to an
existing array.
Method 1:
1. Highlight the drive(s) you want to add, and the logical drive to add them to.
2. On the Menu Bar, select Logical Drive.
3. Select Change Configuration.
4. Select Add Capacity. A menu displays for you to select the RAID level.
5. Select a RAID level and click on the Apply button. The array will begin
reconstructing.
Method 2:
1. Highlight the drive(s) you want to add, and the logical drive to add them to.
2. Right click on the logical drive.
3. Select Advanced Menu.
4. Select Add Drive.
5. Select a RAID level and click on the Apply button. The array will begin
reconstructing.
Method 3:
1. Highlight the drive(s) you want to add, and the logical drive to add them to.
2. Click on highlighted drive(s) and drag them to the logical drive you want to add
them to.
3. Select a RAID Level and click on the Apply button. The array will begin
reconstructing.
Applying Additional Space to Disk Administrator
After the array rebuilds, go to the Disk Administrator Utility. You should see at least
one HDD size of 81917 MB or 500 GB, and there should be a logical drive created
before the new drive(s) are added. There are two ways to apply the new space to Disk
Administrator:
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Add a new logical drive using - "Create" or "Create Extended Partition", or
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Add a new Logical Drive using "Extend Volume Set" (this is available only when
using the NTFS format; it is not available under FAT.)
1. Click on the existing partition.
2. Hold down the shift key and right click on available space.
3. From the pull down menu, select Extend Volume Set.
4. Enter the total space of both partitions, and the total size of the volume.
For example, if the first partition is 500MB, and the new capacity of the array is
1000MB, then the volume space entered would be 1500MB.