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List:       linux-ide-arrays
Subject:    Re: Software RAID resizing
From:       Russell Coker <bofh () coker ! com ! au>
Date:       2003-03-11 10:16:14
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> I want to build a cheap slow media server starting at 480GB (4x120GB) and
> growing to ???(no backup).  I guess it'll be JBOD for now.

If you have a RAID setup with those 4 disks (either RAID-5 or RAID-10) then 
you could easily add another 4 disks in the same setup and then use software 
RAID or LVM to append them.  It probably won't perform as well as a RAID 
array setup for 8 disks though.

Backup, format, and restore is probably your only option.

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