Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion
What Is It and How Does It Work?
Before Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion, increasing the capacity of a
RAID system using traditional methods meant backing up, re-creating
and then restoring. Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion (a new feature
of firmware version 2.11) allows users to add new SCSI hard disk
drives and expand a RAID 0, 3 or 5 Logical Drive without powering
down the system.
Two Modes of Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion
There are two modes of Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion: Mode 1
and Mode 2.
Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion
Mode 2
Mode 1
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