From: Robin Bowes <robin-lists@robinbowes.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Convert RAID5 to RAID6<--correction?
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:10:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dhmcdv$pju$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dhjoc9$26u$1@sea.gmane.org>
I did of course mean RAID5 to RAID*6*.
Subject corrected.
R.
Robin Bowes said the following on 30/09/2005 17:16:
> OK,
>
> Based on some comments I've received following my previous post about
> large storage arrays, and having read around a bit, I think my 6-disk
> 1TB array would be better as RAID6 rather than RAID5 plus hot spare.
>
> Is it possible to convert from RAID5 to RAID6? Or would I have to dump
> the whole array to tape, trash it, create the RAID6 array and restore
> from tape?
>
> Thanks,
>
> R.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-01 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-30 16:16 Convert RAID5 to RAID5? Robin Bowes
2005-10-01 16:10 ` Robin Bowes [this message]
2005-10-04 0:07 ` Convert RAID5 to RAID6? Neil Brown
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