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This results in a new 4-Gigabyte, RAID 5 logical drive composed of
three physical drives. The 4 Gigabytes of increased capacity is in a
new partition.
IMPORTANT:
•
The increased capacity from Mode 1 and Mode 2 Expansion of a logical
drive will be a new partition.
•
Adding the extra capacity to the existing partition could crash the file
system in most current operating systems, so this is not supported.
Technically, the controller could easily combine the two partitions
together. But, as this may compromise protection of the existing
partition’s data (due to the questions regarding OS capabilities), this
function is not offered as a choice at this time.
•
At the time of this printing, the firmware does not support the “Copy
and Replace” function that is required for Mode 2 Expansion. Third-
party hard disk utilities may be used for Mode 2 Expansion of logical
drives. Future versions of the firmware will support “Copy and
Replace.”
RAID Expansion - Mode 2
(3/3)
3
RAID 5 (4GB)
4 GB
4 GB
4 GB
RAID
Expansion
RAID 5 (8GB)
or
RAID 5 (8GB)
n
partitions
Partition
n+1
In use
Unused
After the RAID Expansion, the additional capacity
will appear as another partition. Adding the extra
capacity into the existing partition requires OS
support.