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You can add physical drives while keeping the same RAID level, as described in
the table below.

For more information, see “Migration” on page 104.

You can set up a Migration to begin immediately (on demand) or schedule a
Migration for a time when there is less demand on the RAID system.

On Demand

To migrate a logical drive:
1.

Click Logical Drive View in Tree View.

2.

Click the Logical Drive you want to migrate.

3.

Click the Migration tab in Management View.

4.

From the Migrate RAID Level to dropdown menu, choose the target RAID
level for your logical drive.

5.

If your intended action requires additional physical drives, click a free
physical drive to select it.
Available drives have a white frame. Selected drives have a red frame.

6.

Click the Start Now button.

RAID 0: 2 drives

RAID 5: 3 or 4 drives*

Increased performance
and capacity, adds
redundancy

RAID 10: 4 drives

RAID 0: 3 drives

RAID 5: 4 drives*

Increased performance
and capacity, adds
redundancy

RAID 1: 2 drives

RAID 5: 3 or 4 drives*

Increased performance
and capacity

RAID 10: 4 drives

RAID 10: 4 drives

RAID 5: 4 drives*

Increased capacity

* Only the AMD SB650 and SB750 Controllers support RAID 5.

From

To

Result

RAID 0: 2 drives

RAID 0: 3 or 4 drives

Increased capacity

RAID 0: 3 drives

RAID 0: 4 drives

Increased capacity

RAID 5: 3 drives

RAID 5: 4 drives

Increased capacity

JBOD: 2 drives

JBOD: 3 or 4 drives

Increased capacity

JBOD: 3 drives

JBOD: 4 drives

Increased capacity

From

To

Result