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Chapter 3 Command Descriptions 85
expand vdisk
Description
Adds disk drives to a virtual disk. Table 3-2 summarizes the expansion capability
for each supported RAID level.
Caution – Virtual disk expansion cannot be stopped and can take days to complete,
depending on drive type, RAID level, and other factors.
Table 3-2 Virtual Disk Expansion by RAID Level
RAID Level Expansion Capability
Maximum
Drives
NRAID (non-RAID) Cannot expand. 1
0, 3, 5, 6 You can add 1–4 drives at a time. 16
1 Cannot expand. 2
10 You can add 2 or 4 drives at a time. 16
50 You can expand the virtual disk, one RAID 5
virtual subdisk at a time. The added RAID 5
virtual subdisk must contain the same number of
drives as each of the existing virtual subdisks. 32