I currently have 2 x 200GB in raid 1 config, one of these drives is starting to fail more and more frequently, then has to be rebuilt by the Intel Matrix Storage software.
With this in mind, I want to replace the drive that is giving me problems, I can replace with a 250GB drive.
So my queries are:
Can I just unplug the old drive and add the new one and it would rebuild? (I know it will become a 200GB drive)
Would I need to add the new drive to the raid array first?
Also after the rebuild, if I decided to replace the other 200GB for a 250GB one, would I be able to "reclaim" the extra 50GB or would the drives just rebuild to 200GB? ...... Yes I am trying to avoid a reinstall!!!!
With this in mind, I want to replace the drive that is giving me problems, I can replace with a 250GB drive.
So my queries are:
Can I just unplug the old drive and add the new one and it would rebuild? (I know it will become a 200GB drive)
Would I need to add the new drive to the raid array first?
Also after the rebuild, if I decided to replace the other 200GB for a 250GB one, would I be able to "reclaim" the extra 50GB or would the drives just rebuild to 200GB? ...... Yes I am trying to avoid a reinstall!!!!