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AMD-RAIDXpert2 User Guide
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Chapter 6
6.6.3.1 Before You Begin
Review the issues and recommendations indicated in Table 23.
Table 23. Transforming Arrays: Issues and Recommendations
Issues
Recommendations
Array size
An array cannot be transformed to a smaller-sized array. The transformed
array must be the same size as or larger than the original array.
Array size limits
The array size of the transformed array is limited to 2.199 TB on some
versions of the Windows and Linux operating systems. Refer to the
operating system documentation for details on maximum array sizes.
Disk failure during a
Transform
If a disk fails while the Transform task is in progress, no data is lost as long
as the source and destination RAID levels are redundant. If a spare has been
assigned to the destination array, a fail-over task starts as soon as the
Transform completes (if the spare is available after the Transform).
Multiple arrays
If there are multiple arrays, it might not be possible to transform some of the
arrays to a larger size. If, in the future, an array needs to be expanded in
size, it is best to configure the available space as a single array.