Hi,
I just shelled out for a 24 bay chassis and Intel 24 port expander, to compliment my LSI 9260-8i, with the hope I could plug in some additional drives and expand a RAID 10 array.
As it turns out, the LSI 9260 can only expand RAID 5 and 6.
Is this just a limitation of the LSI card, or does this apply to most hardware RAID cards?
Our HP P2000 SAN at work is configured in RAID 10, and new drives/spans can be added without issue, so imagine it is a limitation of my particular card?
If so, can anyone offer any alternatives for hardware RAID cards that can expand RAID 10 arrays?
Thanks
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I just shelled out for a 24 bay chassis and Intel 24 port expander, to compliment my LSI 9260-8i, with the hope I could plug in some additional drives and expand a RAID 10 array.
As it turns out, the LSI 9260 can only expand RAID 5 and 6.
Is this just a limitation of the LSI card, or does this apply to most hardware RAID cards?
Our HP P2000 SAN at work is configured in RAID 10, and new drives/spans can be added without issue, so imagine it is a limitation of my particular card?
If so, can anyone offer any alternatives for hardware RAID cards that can expand RAID 10 arrays?
Thanks
Eds