[mythtv-users] Question on software RAID

David Zanetti dave2 at wetstring.net
Mon Jan 26 03:52:03 EST 2004


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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Peter Loron wrote:

> Once I construct a software RAID-5 under Linux, is it possible to later 
> expand the array with more disks without erasing the contents? I'm 
> trying to plan for my Myth box...

Nope.

But, you could use a LVM on top of the RAID-5 set, and when you want more
disk added, create another RAID-5 set and add it to the LVM.

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