From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 25 09:39:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBFC616A417 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:39:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabe@dragffy.com) Received: from dedi10.ukhost4u.com (dedi10.ukhost4u.com [85.13.239.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9308313C43E for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:39:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabe@dragffy.com) Received: from [91.84.56.254] (helo=[192.168.1.20]) by dedi10.ukhost4u.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Ia6tA-0008IR-5Z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:39:32 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <6E9AB1F9-0333-4E11-8356-76FD5189ADBC@dragffy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Gabriel Dragffy Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:39:28 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dedi10.ukhost4u.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dragffy.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Gvinum and RAID 5 (again) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:39:39 -0000 Hi, I've found out that gvinum won't let you grow a RAID 5 system without obliterating it first. Something that I haven't been able to ascertain is if gvinum will let you add discs to a RAID 5 array later on as hot spares? Many thanks for so much help Gabe