adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i

[Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com]

You can create a 1 drive RAID 0 which will have the same effect as if it
were a JBOD.

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Campbell McLeay
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:41 AM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i

Hi,

We have a poweredge 2950, with a perc 5/i that is configured with an 
existing RAID 5 array with 5 physical disks in it (so there is one spare

slot on the disk bays). We want to put another disk in the spare slot 
and configure it in 'JBOD' mode, i.e., just as a plain disk, not part of

any existing array. We have tried (in a test environment) , but the Perc

firmware only allows the disk to be added as a hot spare to an existing 
array. Does anyone know if it is possible to add a disk in this way?

Regards,

Campbell

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