ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management
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Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion
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Mode 2 Expansion, on the other hand, requires the same
number of higher-capacity SCSI hard disk drives for a
given logical drive.
The figure above illustrates expansion of the same 4-
Gigabyte RAID 5 logical drive using Mode 2 Expansion.
Drives are copied and replaced, one by one, onto three
higher-capacity drives.
RAID Expansion - Mode 2 (1/3)
2 GB
RAID 5 (4GB)
2 GB
2 GB
The original logical drive
1
4 GB
Copy and Replace
one of the member drives
New
Drive
2 GB
RAID 5 (4GB)
2 GB
2 GB
In use
Unused
Copy and Replace each of the member drives. Even
if one member drives fails during the Copy and
Replace, the logical drive will still be available for
access.