Dimitri Puzin wrote: >Danie schrieb: > > >>Hi All , >> >> >Hello, > >[...] > > >>FC3 , running in a RAID 5 setup ( 4 x 300GB) , no LVM >> >>My question , if I want to add another disk to the array , will I need >>to reconfigure my whole logical disk? I've tried to google it etc , but >>I've come to know this list as the best resource for my backup woes :) >> >> >IMO this has nothing to do with Bacula software itself but with >underlying disk subsystem. Whether you can add a disk or not depends on >the capability of your RAID controller. If you have software RAID >solution running there, then there is currently no way to enlarge the >array. It needs to be rebuilt from scratch completely. However, Linux >Kernel v2.6.17-rc1 together with latest mdadm tools has support for >growing software RAID-5 volumes. This schould be considered beta >quality! If you attempt doing it, make sure you have a backup ;). Please >share your results as I am also interested in this function. > >Regards, >-Dimitri aka Tristan-777 > > > Hi Danie,
if you´re using a software RAID 5, there´s a tool for resizing a raid 5 called "raidreconf", located at http://unthought.net/raidreconf. But I must say I didn´t ever tried it , so make a backup ;-) before resizing the RAID5. Greetings Andreas ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
