Glossary

4. Complete the Reconfigure task using the Reconfigure wizard.
Starting And Target RAID Levels For Virtual Disk
Reconfiguration And Capacity Expansion
After you have created a virtual disk, the possibilities for reconfiguring the virtual disk depend on the
controller, RAID level, and available physical disks. The following table describes the possible scenarios
for reconfiguring a virtual disk.
Table 32. Possible scenarios for reconfiguring a virtual disk
Controller Starting RAID Level Target RAID Level Comments
PERC 5/E and PERC 5/i RAID 0 RAID 0 Add at least one
additional disk
PERC 5/E and PERC 5/i RAID 0 (on a single disk) RAID 1 Add a single disk
PERC 5/E and PERC 5/i RAID 0 RAID 5 Add at least one
additional disk
PERC 5/E and PERC 5/i RAID 1 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 1 RAID 5 Add additional disks
RAID 5 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 5 RAID 5 Add additional disks
PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I,
PERC H800 Adapter,
PERC H700 Adapter,
PERC H700 Integrated,
and PERC H700
Modular, PERC H310
Adapter, PERC H310
Mini Monolithic, PERC
H310 Mini Blades, PERC
H710 Adapter, PERC
H710 Mini Blades, PERC
H710 Mini Monolithic,
PERC H710P Adapter,
PERC H710P Mini
Blades, PERC H710P
Mini Monolithic, PERC
H810 Adapter, PERC
H330 Adapter, PERC
H330 Mini Monolithic,
PERC H330 Mini Blades,
PERC H330 Embedded,
PERC H730 Adapter,
PERC H730 Mini
Monolithic, PERC H730
Mini Blades, PERC
H730P Adapter, PERC
RAID 0
RAID 1 Add a single disk
RAID 0 RAID 0, RAID 5 Add at least one
additional disk.
RAID 0 RAID 6 RAID 6 requires a
minimum of 4 disks.
Reconfiguration from
RAID 0 to RAID 6
requires at least 2
additional disks even
when this exceeds the
4- disk minimum
required by RAID 6
RAID 1 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 1 RAID 5, RAID 6 Add at least one
additional disk.
RAID 6 requires a
minimum of 4 disks.
RAID 5 RAID 0 With or without adding
additional disks
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