Increasing
logical-drive size
Use this action to add space to an existing logical device so you can increase its
size.
When you create a logical device, it is striped across all of the physical drives
used by the logical device. To increase the size of an existing logical device,
you add segments to the logical device, which can
be on the same or different disks. Then, the Adaptec Storage Manager migrates the
logical device such that the data is spread across
the existing and new physical drives.
Notes:
-
- The capacity of the modified logical device must match or exceed its
current capacity.
- The maximum size of a logical device is 2 terabytes.
- In the Logical devices view, click
(logical
drive).
- Right-click Expand or change logical device. The Configuration wizard
opens with the "Choose RAID level" window. Click Next.
The "Create logical devices" window opens.
- Add segments to the logical device. Optionally,
click Advanced to select a new stripe
size for the logical device.
Note:
To remove or replace a physical drive, click the drive you want to remove
(indicated by
);
then, click the drive you want to replace it with:
When complete, click Next. The "Configuration summary"
window opens.
- Review and apply your new configuration or schedule
the migration for another time.
- After the logical-drive migration is complete, create additional partitions
to use the expanded logical-drive space. If the %SERVER% is a Microsoft Windows
system, you can extend the size of a pre-existing partition
with the newly acquired logical-drive space.
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