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In the howto below we will be creating an array using 6x 4TB drives to create a new Raid5 array of 19TB in capacity.  Below is the basic hardware details of the computer that were used, these are only a guide.<br>

In the howto below we will be creating an array using 6x 4TB drives to create a new Raid5 array of 19TB in capacity.  Below is the basic hardware details of the computer that were used, these are only a guide.<br>

Large case capable of fitting 12 drives - Gigabyte 3D Aurora<br>

  - Large case capable of fitting 12 drives - Gigabyte 3D Aurora<br>

Main board with 6 SATA 3 ports on board - Gigabyte GA-970A-D3<br>

  - Main board with 6 SATA 3 ports on board - Gigabyte GA-970A-D3<br>

SATA Controller 4 SATA 3 ports on board - Rocket R640L<br>

  - SATA Controller 4 SATA 3 ports on board - Rocket R640L<br>

6x 4TB Hard disk drives    - 19TB Array<br>

  - 6x 4TB Hard disk drives    - 19TB Array<br>

1x 500MB Hard disk drive    - SME Server 8.0 operating system<br>

  - 1x 500MB Hard disk drive    - SME Server 8.0 operating system<br>

When new disks are added, existing raid partitions can be grown to use the new disks. After the new disk has been partitioned, the RAID array 1/4/5 may be grown. Assuming that before growing, it contains four drives in Raid5 and therefore an array of 3 drives (3*10G) and 1 spare drive(10G). See this [[Raid#Hard_Drives_.E2.80.93_Raid|HowTo]] for understanding the automatic raid construction of SME Server

When new disks are added, existing raid partitions can be grown to use the new disks. After the new disk has been partitioned, the RAID array 1/4/5 may be grown. Assuming that before growing, it contains four drives in Raid5 and therefore an array of 3 drives (3*10G) and 1 spare drive(10G). See this [[Raid#Hard_Drives_.E2.80.93_Raid|HowTo]] for understanding the automatic raid construction of SME Server