adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i

[Campbell McLeay]

Hi Patrick,

Ok, will give it another try, now that I know it is possible.

Cheers,

Campbell

PS: Apologies for accidentally posting the same message twice!

Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com wrote:
> 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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