> < So unless something has changed since April, only > Linux (and a number of hardware solutions) support > growing raid5 arrays with devices. > > Indeed SVM has been able to so as well, Solaris 9 > in fact could. > (SVM == Solaris Volume Manager) > An example from the Solaris 9 docs.. > How to Expand a RAID 5 Volume > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-2530/6mi6gg896?a= > view
That's almost identical to what ZFS does. Yes, you can "expand" a SVM RAID5 volume, but the resulting metadevice is no longer RAID5. That's why the description describes it as only a short-term solution. It would be far easier to get ZFS raidz vdevs to be expanded than for an SVM Raid5 metadevice to be expanded as a real raid5 device. -- Darren This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
