Enclosure tree object Adding drives to an existing pool

Use this action to add physical drives to an existing pool without changing the RAID level.

When you create a pool, it is striped across all the physical drives used by the pool. To increase the size of an existing pool, you add segments to the pool, which can be on the same or different disks. Then, the Adaptec Storage Manager migrates the pool such that the data is spread across the existing and new physical drives.

Notes:
  1. The capacity of the modified pool must match or exceed its current capacity.

  2. The maximum size of a pool is 256 terabytes (TB) (2 terabytes for HostRAID controllers).

  3. This action is not supported for all RAID levels.
To add drives to a pool:
  1. In the Logical devices view, click (pool).

  2. Right-click Expand or migrate pool. The Configuration wizard opens with the "Choose RAID level" window.

  3. Click Next. (Do not change the RAID level!) The "Modify pool" window opens.

  4. Add segments to the pool. Optionally, click Advanced settings to set the drive capacity display units (MB, GB, TB).

  5. When you are ready to continue, click Next. The "Configuration summary" window opens.

  6. Review and apply your new configuration.

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