#Softraid add new disk to raid array how to#
#Softraid add new disk to raid array mac os#
#Softraid add new disk to raid array install#

Any EVERY new Mac OS release has changed enough that I ALWAYS backup and rebuild (but skip on the. Lion Apple software arrays have their own issues. I also would pass on Lion until it has more 'service updates' under its belt and shows good reason why a workstation would upgrade, especially for work environments. But it is rare for a post to be removed so I missed the firework.

I'm all in favor of fresh rebuilds myself. You did say you wanted to avoid recreating. Creating the RAID continually failed using Disk Utility so I ended up using a third party piece of software called SoftRAID. And RAID5 with larger drives, 1.5 to 3TB takes longer to build.ДЇor many users, a software array based on $140 SoftRAID 4 and 3-drive mirror (with stripe reads) is also handy. your new softraid disk (sd2 in the example here) that should be there, rather than on sd0 or sd1 (the non-RAID. My old school teaching was 3-drives is so minimal and should truly be called RAID3. utility will look through a disk to find. The Mac Pro suffers from less than 800MB/sec of bandwidth for 4 drive bays and the RAID card isn't any better, it is less. This means youll need to run grub-install again if you replace one disk its one more thing to do in addition to adding new members to the RAID arrays. If Apple wanted, the generic SkullTrail II platform that Mac Pros are based on could have hardware RAID in the logicboard. Im not aware of support in Grub to declare two disks as being in a RAID-1 array so that grub-install would automatically write to both. There are cards that will do what you want but I consider Apple's to be more risky. of China Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar.

#Softraid add new disk to raid array install#

Stop the array Power down the server Install your new hard drive (s) Power up the server 1 The new drive (s) will show up under 'Unassigned devices.' Next you need to Preclear your new drive. Jamaica Japan Kuwait Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macao S.A.R. You already have an unRAID array up and running and you want to expand your storage by adding one or more new data drives.

#Softraid add new disk to raid array how to#

It doesn't even yet support 3TB drives, has more limitations and performance than any other hardware RAID card in its class or price range. This article introduces how to add hard drives to an existing RAID array SHOP SUPPORT. 90% or so of Apple Pro RAID card customers probably regret buying it.