Unless NTAP changes the code, if you swap any disk for a larger size disk, the larger size disk becomes the same size of the disk it replaced and you cannot recoup the extra space.
Find yourself a way to get temp power...even if that means running a few pieces of equipment on half of their power supplies (just don't overload the circuit)!.
--tmac
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On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Peta Spies peta.spies@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
We have a ton of shelves with 320gb sata in them. We'd like to replace them with 1tb satas, but we have no power to power new shelves, or much space for them for that matter.
I know that if I swap out one 320gb disk with a 1tb one, the netapp will only use 320gb of the 1tb disk. But if I did all 14, one at a time so it syncs, what happens after I change the 14th disk? Will the netapp still only use 320gb per disk, or will it realise it has a whole 1tb to play with?
Peta