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Make the extended space of the logical drive available for use by your
operating system by one of the following methods:
■ Create a new partition in the extended space of the logical drive by
using the operating system partitioning software.
■ Increase the size of existing partitions in the extended logical drive by
using the operating system partitioning software or using third-party
partitioning tools.
Online Migration
Use the Online RAID Level or Stripe Size Migration screen to:
■ Reconfigure a currently configured logical drive to a new fault-tolerance
(RAID) level
■ Change an existing logical drive stripe size to a new stripe size
Both migration procedures can be done online without causing any data loss.
Online RAID Level Migration
To migrate to a different RAID level, use the following procedure:
1. Select a logical drive from the Logical Configuration View in the main
configuration screen.
2. Pull down the Drive menu.
3. Select Migrate RAID/Stripe Size. A screen similar to the following
figure is displayed.
4. Select the (RAID 5) Distributed Data Guarding option in the Fault
Tolerance frame.
5. The stripe size can be left at the default for the selected RAID level, or
set to another value. In this example, 16 KB is selected.
6. Select Done to finish.