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How to add larger capacity disks to a RAID group that contains smaller capacity disks

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Applies to

  • Data ONTAP 8.2 7-Mode 
  • Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode 
  • Data ONTAP 8 7-Mode 
  • Data ONTAP 7 and earlier

Description

Adding larger capacity disks to a RAID group that contains smaller capacity disks.

Disks with different capacities within a RAID group.
Using a larger spare to replace a failed disk in a RAID group.

 

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