Expand Logical Drive: Re-Striping
Figure 12 - 1 Logical Drive Expansion
RAID levels supported: RAID 0, 3, and 5
Expansion can be performed on logical drives or logical volumes
under the following conditions:
1.
2.
Data is recalculated and distributed to drive members or members
of a logical volume. On the completion of the process, the added or
the previously unused capacity will become a new partition. The
new partition must be made available through host LUN mapping
in order for a host adapter to recognize its presence.
Array Expansion
There is an unused capacity in a logical unit
Capacity is increased by using member drives of larger capacity
(see Copy and Replace in the discussion below)
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