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Subject: Re: Is shrinking raid5 possible?
From: Henrik Holst <henrik.holst () idgmail ! se>
Date: 2006-11-22 20:40:35
Message-ID: 4564B5C3.9050501 () idgmail ! se
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Christian Pernegger wrote:
>> This is shrinking an array by removing drives. We were talking about
>> shrinking an array by reducing the size of drives - a very different
>> think.
>
> Yes I know - I just wanted to get this in as an alternative shrinking
> semantic.
>
> As for reducing the RAID (partition) size on the individual drives I
> can only see two reasons:
>
> 1) One wants to replace / add a disk but the new disk is slightly
> smaller than the existing ones. Actual capacity varies a lot for the
> same nominal capacity, especially across brands.
>
> 2) One wants to do something else with some of the space, although for
> a RAID5 I don't quite see the point - you'd end up with n small
> partitions. Shrinking a 2-way mirror or stripe this way sounds far
> more useful.
>
> Having RAID tightly integrated with volume management and partitions
> would be nice, but that's a pipe dream. (EVMS just integrates the UI
> somewhat, you still have to mess about with layers.)
>
>> I'm not sure it is really worth the effort I'm afraid.
>
> Neither am I ... it just would have come in handy a few times, that's all.
>
> Thanks,
>
> C.
I have an 8x120 GB RAID-5 volume. Or rather. But since of yesterday I
only have 7 120 GB harddrives. Since 120 GB disks are out of the
"priceworthy segment" for storage I want to reduce this to a
non-degenerate 7x120 GB RAID and not buy a relative expensive 120 GB
disk. And recreating the RAID as a 7x120 volume is out of the question
since I don't have the extra storage to move ~700 GB of data.
I think there IS an application for shrinking RAID:s, as well as
growing- and that is not only one of "symmetric beauty".
Is such a feature within the scope of software raid development? (I
guess I'm asking Neil B. or Steinar H. G.)
/Henrik Holst
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