Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:00:30 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: freeBSD <freebsd@dagerot.nu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID, Vinum and different disksizes Message-ID: <20030609180030.GB85429@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <1055171436.1892.3.camel@big.dagerot.com> References: <1055171436.1892.3.camel@big.dagerot.com>
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On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 05:10:37PM +0200 or thereabouts, freeBSD seemed to write: > I have three 120GB disks and one 170GB disk. The first three is forming > a raid-5 volume using Vinum and the last one is just fooling around > without any purpose. > > Can I add this 170GB to the raid5 volume in any way at all? I do realise > that I will loose 50Gb, but that's better than not using it at all. Sorry, no. On the other hand, if the first three were a concat plex, you *could* do it, and you wouldn't even lose 50gb! Your best bet is either: a) mount the 170gb on /usr2 or something b) backup the data on the raid5, restore to a concat HTH, -- Josh > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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