Expanding Perc 5/i array

[Deadude]

Hi

im about to add two more drives to my raid 5 array. has anyone else on here done this and how easy is it to do and do i need to add 1 drive at a time or can i add both of them and then expand the array?

Also ive read you can do this through the bios or through either the dell software or the megaraid software which is best?

 

[Deadude]

Awesome thanks for all that. One more thing seeing as im still running XP (yes i know i should upgrade) will i be OK making another virtual disk out of the two new drives and then expanding that to the current one due to 32 bit XP's 2Tb limit or will i run into any problems?

 

[Deadude]

ATM i have 3 1.5Tbs consisting of two seperate virtual disks one being 2Tb the other around 1Tb and then these are spanned into one drive letter in windows. and i want to add another two drives to the array.

If that all becomes too complicated i could always make the move to windows 7 but if i do would my two virtual drives stay spanned ok or not?

It's not my boot disk so thats not a problem.