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Thanks for the advice, I should have clarified that was my hope -- I don't necessarily care about increasing the volume size, I just want to replace the failed drive and get the RAID back to a good state.
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Thanks for the advice, I should have clarified that was my hope -- I don't necessarily care about increasing the volume size, I just want to replace the failed drive and get the RAID back to a good state.

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Hello,<br />
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We have an Intel Raid Control, controlled by the Intel Matrix Storage Manager software.<br />
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The drive config is a Raid 5 with (4) 250GB drives. &nbsp;Usable space on the volume is approximately 700GB. &nbsp;<br />
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One drive has failed. &nbsp;Our question is, can we insert a larger drive in it's place, or do we have to order a 500GB drive. &nbsp;We can pickup a 500GB drive locally. &nbsp;I am reading conflicting advice, some say you can, some say you cannot. &nbsp;<br />
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Would adding a 500GB drive harm the raid in any way?<br />
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Thanks for any advice.
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Hello,

We have an Intel Raid Control, controlled by the Intel Matrix Storage Manager software.

The drive config is a Raid 5 with (4) 250GB drives.  Usable space on the volume is approximately 700GB.  

One drive has failed.  Our question is, can we insert a larger drive in it's place, or do we have to order a 500GB drive.  We can pickup a 500GB drive locally.  I am reading conflicting advice, some say you can, some say you cannot.  

Would adding a 500GB drive harm the raid in any way?

Thanks for any advice.

Intel Raid 5 Question

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