Hypothetical RAID-5 question...

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Let's suppose I have 3 x 1 TB drives I would like to start a RAID-5 array with. Can I later safely add a drive to this mix that will get taken advantage? Or do I have to start from scratch? This is the controller. It'll be used in WHS.

If not, I can wait longer for a 4th drive. No biggie for now. Thanks! :)
 
What I had read was that WHS was derived from Server 03, which had the support. You get where I'm going.
Why?
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Ease of use, mostly; I won't be the only person using it.
 
Expanding the array takes loooong time (daaaays) and risk of failure is greater at that time, performance is crap, etc...
Better buy all the drives now...
 
XS Janus said:
Expanding the array takes loooong time (daaaays) and risk of failure is greater at that time, performance is crap, etc...
Better buy all the drives now...
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Especially on slow/crappy performance 3ware 9650se's. We have 100 where I work and they suck. If you want a 4 port card at a similar price I would go with the areca ARC-1212
 
on my highpoint i had 3x750 raid 5 array and i expanded it to 4 and it took around 26hrs.


i also had all essentials backed up prior to expanding
 
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