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Adding drives to storage capacity.

We have always had traditional RAID 5 configurations for out data storage with the same drive types and sizes.
We are trying to find out if there is a way to add new drives to an existing array that can add more size to the original array without breaking it up or having to redo it? Some type of storage like RAID 5 that we can add new drives and not loose the configuration?

Any assistance offered would be greatly appreciated.

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Cliff Galiher

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regsamp

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What other technology would you suggest that would be like RAID that you can add other drives too and build upon something similar to array type scenario?

Cliff Galiher

I did ZFS for years. But when Oracle bought Sun, the Solaris platform has been suffering since. So now I'm firmly in the Storage Spaces camp. Once 2012 R2 added tier support, it became a high performance option.

regsamp

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Okay, what part of the Microsoft Storage Spaces would you recommend an old school user of RAID 5 should start with? And this can work with traditional hardware platforms?

Cliff Galiher

Read up on it. The. "what part" question doesn't realm make sense. But I'm not going to reinvent the wheel by copying entire articles or book chapters here. Yes, it can work with existing hardware, although not all RAID controllers offer a JBOD mode so in some rare cases a new adapter is required.

regsamp

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Thanks for the clarification.