Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:09:52 +0100 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Raid + hot-replace failed disk Message-ID: <491405E0.5080809@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811061656130.1630@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> References: <d05df8620810291007y3d18e5b8g8674477f1f00d810@mail.gmail.com> <geug4k$dnt$1@ger.gmane.org> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811061122190.29135@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811061656130.1630@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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Pieter Donche wrote: > Suppose you have a system with multiple disks managed by a > hardware RAID controller in a RAID5 of RAID6 configuration, > > To FreeBSD it will look like e.g. a single large drive. > > If you want to extend your disk space by plugging in an extra > disk, the hardware RAID controller will probably detect it and > add it in his management, but will it be seen by FreeBSD? > > How can you make the added disk-space available for FreeBSD. > Can this be done without shutting down the system? How?? > I think this would be possible using vinum, but I've never tested it.
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