very large raid 5 arrays

liuqyn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:39 pm **Posts:** 16

I am planning on setting up a raid5 server using 12x750gb sata drives. will naslite-2 support such a large array?

also, to save upfront cost, I was thinking of starting the array smaller and adding drives as I need them and get extra funds. can this be done without having to backup the data and rebuilding the array each time I add drives?

hope this made sence as I am half asleep while typing it out.

Thanks in advance.

Harvin · **Joined:** Fri May 26, 2006 5:00 pm **Posts:** 41

liuqyn wrote:

I was thinking of starting the array smaller and adding drives as I need them and get extra funds. can this be done without having to backup the data and rebuilding the array each time I add drives?

That will depend on your raid controller. Some controllers can expand an array but from what I have seen most can not.

The next question is if the controller can expand the array then what will NASLite make of the change.

liuqyn · **Joined:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:39 pm **Posts:** 16

looking at a 3ware 9500s-12 for the card. their website says it supports expanding, just not sure if naslite will do it... biggest question is if naslite will support large arrays in the 8-9 TerraByte range, if not will probably just hook them up as independant drives for now.

tmhcorp · **Joined:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:29 am **Posts:** 13

I think right now there is a bug preventing the formatting of an array that is larger than 1.0 TB.

See:
http://www.serverelements.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1049

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