Asus PCI-DA2100 User Manual - Page 30

3 This results in a new 4-Gigabyte, RAID 5 logical drive composed of three physical drives. The 4 Gigabytes of increased capacity is in a new partition. RAID Expansion - Mode 2 (3/3) 3 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB RAID 5 (4GB) RAID 5 (8GB) partitions n Partition n+1 RAID Expansion or RAID 5 (8GB) After the RAID Expansion, the additional capacity will appear as another partition. Adding the extra capacity into the existing partition requires OS support. In use Unused IMPORTANT: • The increased capacity from Mode 1 and Mode 2 Expansion of a logical drive will be a new partition. • Adding the extra capacity to the existing partition could crash the file system in most current operating systems, so this is not supported. Technically, the controller could easily combine the two partitions together. But, as this may compromise protection of the existing partition's data (due to the questions regarding OS capabilities), this function is not offered as a choice at this time. • At the time of this printing, the firmware does not support the "Copy and Replace" function that is required for Mode 2 Expansion. Thirdparty hard disk utilities may be used for Mode 2 Expansion of logical drives. Future versions of the firmware will support "Copy and Replace." 30 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual