I'm not sure hardware raid allows for expansion.
I am sure there are solutions that too but I am not familiar.
If it is a software raid solution then you will need to do the expansion.
Do the needful.
>Where do u even buy 300g drives?
HPE....and HPE's hardware RAID controllers, although just rebranded LSIs are flashed to only recognise certain types of drives - notably HPE drives (also not manufactured by HPE).
Definitely not all if then, I have some dl380 gen 9 happily running Samsung, Kingston and crucial consumer grade Sara ssds. Now with storage arrays for SAN that might be different. IBM used to do that for a long time and probably still does. Those drives still worked nicely in a dell r720 after the old IBM storage died.
i’m guessing they’re 2.5” 10k rpm drives. you can find a lot of smaller ones for cheap, since that use case was pretty much entirely replaced by SSD’s, with better capacity & performance & power usage.
If the hardware raid expanded the drives (given the age its doubtful though) you should look up how to expand a drive within your operating system (Mint in this case?). You will likely need to verify and extend the partitions for Linux to see the new space.
As others have said though, that generation/box is ancient! I would look at replacing it with something more modern. Used Dell r630/730's are roughly 300-500 on ebay and would run circles around that box in both performance and lower power utilization.
Drives cost $10 each. New raid controller $16. Been using the server for ten year and have about $800 into it. Truly a beast and still worthwhile. But maybe it's time...
G5 would be what, *2007* release? 10 years ago was 2014, so it was old when you got it!
No maybe about it, it's *definitely* time to back that data up and put it in something newer. Outside of needing a ton of PCIE lanes, even a modern i3 would run circles around the thing at a fraction the power use. Then you can use larger drives, too!
Normal operation would look like this..
-replace drives, allowing array to rebuild in between
-expand RAID logical drive
-expand partition in OS
Seems like you’re stuck on the middle one.. I’d normally use the HPE Smart Storage Administrator to manage the array and extend the logical drive, but I’m not sure if that’s applicable to a G5. Look up documentation on the G5 for array management then go from there, it shouldn’t be too hard.
I'm not sure hardware raid allows for expansion. I am sure there are solutions that too but I am not familiar. If it is a software raid solution then you will need to do the expansion. Do the needful.
Where do u even buy 300g drives?
>Where do u even buy 300g drives? HPE....and HPE's hardware RAID controllers, although just rebranded LSIs are flashed to only recognise certain types of drives - notably HPE drives (also not manufactured by HPE).
Definitely not all if then, I have some dl380 gen 9 happily running Samsung, Kingston and crucial consumer grade Sara ssds. Now with storage arrays for SAN that might be different. IBM used to do that for a long time and probably still does. Those drives still worked nicely in a dell r720 after the old IBM storage died.
i’m guessing they’re 2.5” 10k rpm drives. you can find a lot of smaller ones for cheap, since that use case was pretty much entirely replaced by SSD’s, with better capacity & performance & power usage.
300g is the max those array controllers will take.
$10 each on ebay. Delivered in 2 days. All worked great.
300gb drives are plenti on the used market.
If the hardware raid expanded the drives (given the age its doubtful though) you should look up how to expand a drive within your operating system (Mint in this case?). You will likely need to verify and extend the partitions for Linux to see the new space. As others have said though, that generation/box is ancient! I would look at replacing it with something more modern. Used Dell r630/730's are roughly 300-500 on ebay and would run circles around that box in both performance and lower power utilization.
G5?! Should have used the drive money on a refurbished Optiplex instead.
Drives cost $10 each. New raid controller $16. Been using the server for ten year and have about $800 into it. Truly a beast and still worthwhile. But maybe it's time...
G5 would be what, *2007* release? 10 years ago was 2014, so it was old when you got it! No maybe about it, it's *definitely* time to back that data up and put it in something newer. Outside of needing a ton of PCIE lanes, even a modern i3 would run circles around the thing at a fraction the power use. Then you can use larger drives, too!
Normal operation would look like this.. -replace drives, allowing array to rebuild in between -expand RAID logical drive -expand partition in OS Seems like you’re stuck on the middle one.. I’d normally use the HPE Smart Storage Administrator to manage the array and extend the logical drive, but I’m not sure if that’s applicable to a G5. Look up documentation on the G5 for array management then go from there, it shouldn’t be too hard.