Growing Raid 5

  • Hi, I am using OMV6 Ver.6.1.8. I already have 3*14TB hdd setup in raid 5. I have just installed another 14TB hdd of same make. My question is, how do I grow the raid 5 array to add the new drive.


    Thanks In Advance

    • Official Post

    Go to the Storage | Software RAID section and add the Grow button to add the new device. After the RAID sync has been finished, go to the file system section, select the file system that is on that RAID and press the Grow button (which is named Resize in older versions).

  • Go to the Storage | Software RAID section and add the Grow button to add the new device. After the RAID sync has been finished, go to the file system section, select the file system that is on that RAID and press the Grow button (which is named Resize in older versions).

    Hi thanks for that. How long does it normally take to reshape. It's been running about 18hrs now and only at 3%. Is there a quicker way of doing it.

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