Re: [OT] Areca 1210 "Capacity Expansion"

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Jan 9, 2008, at 4:53 AM, Martin Marcher wrote:

> Hello,
>
> we own an areca 1210 and currently have a RAID5 with 4x250GB. As  
> disk space
> is low we'd like to replace it with 4x1000GB.
>
> We already found a supported disk, hotpluggable, etc.
>
> Now after subsequently replacing the drives how can we expand the  
> RAID set
> to a net of 3TB (the controller does support sets that large). I  
> scanned
> the manual and FAQ at areca but couldn't find any pointer on how we  
> would
> go about that.
>
> Anyone been there done that?

Whatever you decide to do...

Do a full backup first!

Seriously, rent a tape drive for the duration of the process if you  
have to, but don't try to wing-it without a backup.

Rick