[mythtv-users] advise/suggestions on how to set up my drives?

[John Drescher]

> Adding more drives to a RAID 5 array is not trivial... usually requires a
> backup, then you break the array, then build a new array, finally restore
> your data.  With high end controllers, careful choice of file system, and
> LVM you might be able to resize on the fly... but it's still risky and a
> backup would be HIGHLY recommended.
>

Linux software raid has allowed a reshape for some time now (at least
1 year probably more). Just add the drive and tell mdadm to use more
disks. Then wait probably 1 day for it to complete. You can use the
array while this happens but its much slower.

John