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From: Robin Bowes <robin-lists@robinbowes.com>
Subject: Convert RAID5 to RAID5?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:16:10 +0100
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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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