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Re: RAID-1 to RAID-5 online migration?



On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 13:43, Gavin Hamill wrote:
> Hello -  just a quickie :)
> 
> If I construct a RAID1 with two 200GB disks, will I be able to add a third 
> disk and convert the whole set to a 400GB RAID5 later on by logically 
> removing the second disk from the RAID1 set?

Nope... migrating to a different raid configuration wipes your disks
So you'll have to backup, migrate and restore.

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