Raid expansion - mode 2, Asus gui raid manager: array management 4-40 – Asus PCI-DA2200 User Manual

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ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management

4-40

4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion

This results in a new 4-Gigabyte, RAID 5 logical drive
composed of three physical drives. The 4 Gigabytes of
increased capacity is in a new partition.

RAID Expansion - Mode 2

(2/3)

2

Copy and Replace the other member drives one by one
until all the member drives have been replaced

4 GB

New

Drive

2 GB

RAID 5 (4GB)

2 GB

4 GB

In use

Unused

Copy and Replace each member drive. After all the
member drives have been replaced, execute the
“RAID Expansion” to use the additional capacity.

RAID Expansion - Mode 2

(3/3)

3

RAID 5 (4GB)

4 GB

4 GB

4 GB

RAID

Expansion

RAID 5 (8GB)

or

RAID 5 (8GB)

n

partitions

Partition

n+1

In use

Unused

After the RAID Expansion, the additional capacity
will appear as another partition. Adding the extra
capacity into the existing partition requires OS
support.

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