Alvin Oga wrote: > the "-m 1" is for things like mke2fs(fs formatting) not for > cfdisk(low level partitions)
Ah - ok. > >>>> If I add an additional 146.8G drive, and update the array(Raid >>>> BIOS), >>> >>> if you changed the "partition" ( raid bios )... you lost all data >>> - partitions are not dynamically resizable to add new disks to the >>> array >> >> I added the addiditional HD to the dynamic array (HP top tools) - >> Giving a total of ~520G (As reported in HP Tool) > > in order for you to be able to add a new disk to expand/grow > your hardware raid, 3 things must work > - your hw raid controller tools needs to support > dynamically growing the raid array Top Tools does. > > - your partition tools must be able to grow partition across > multiple disls ( some partition tools allow you to dynamically > resize ( partitions on the same disk, 256MB root fs to 512MB Ok - Im running Reiser...problem is, when the new drive is added to the array in Top Tools (And Array Size subsequently increases), it is not reflected once in Debian - Would a partition utility re-create the prtitions, and then magically give access to the additional space? > > - your filesystem must be able to grow across disks Wouldn't Reiser just be seeing the array as a single drive though? > > i'd expect all 3 requirement for adding a 5th disk to an > existing 4-disk radi5 setup to fail > > - you can make a new raid array of 4 more disks ... > > - you can replace a dead disk with a fresh new one > > - i doubt you can grow an existing array > - but its late .. maybe i'm missing something Wow - Ok - How do people increase the size of there NFS(NAS) servers then? When they need additional space, add new drive(s) and mount them as separate partitions? Regards, MB
