Darren New wrote:
> Tom Austin wrote:
>> Just in case you want to try, here's a rough outline - it's Linux heavy.
> 
> I'm not sure why (regardless of OS) you wouldn't just break the raid, 
> install the new disk, partition it large, copy the files over, then put 
> in the other big disk and mirror it out again. If anything goes wrong, 
> you have the original drive you broke off the RAID to start over with.
> 
> In both Linux and Windows, it's easy to copy all the files from a 
> smaller partition to a larger partition without a problem. Why make it 
> difficult by trying to use RAID hardware to copy files? Especially since 
> you'll wind up waiting for it to copy free space and everything.
> 

If the setup can take a simple copy, that would work and save a lot of time.

But if the system cannot take a simple copy, it is an alternative.

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