I want to know if it is possible to use the array configuration utility without losing data?
The controller is Smart Array P410i 512Mb.
>Add physical drives.
>Expand the array.
>At this time, you either want to add a new logical drive or extend an existing logical drive.
>If you expand an existing product, downtime may be required because it is your C: drive.
HP even has a video detailing this ..
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I have two HP disks in RAID 1 (300 Gb) , And hope to have 2 extra disks in RAID 10, with a total of 600 Gb on C:.
I want to know if it is possible to use the array configuration utility without losing data?
The controller is Smart Array P410i 512Mb.
Yes, this can be done using the HP Array Configuration Utility. Terms of interest to you It is “array conversion”. See page #16 of the manual.
>Add a physical drive.
>Expand the array.
>At this point, you either want to add a new Logical drive, or extend an existing logical drive.
>If you extend an existing product, downtime may be required because it is your C: drive.
HP even has a video detailing this ..
Other related questions:
Online resize logicaldrive on Smart Array P410i
RAID5 on SmartArray P410i online resize
Can I convert a 1 disk RAID 0 to RAID 1?