Does anyone know if Intel will ever support online RAID expansion. I can't find any info on ICH9R on Intel's site as its not been updated in a while.
According to this - http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/cs-022321.htm,
"The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager does not support array expansion."
Intel software does seem to support RAID migration from RAID 0/1 to RAID 5, bu that is less important to me as I plan to start out with 3x500gb and add more later. In this situation, would I have to copy all the data to an external backup and recreate the array? I don't want the added expense of a hardware RAID controller because Matrix RAID does seem to offer some benefits with very low cpu overhead.
According to this - http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/cs-022321.htm,
"The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager does not support array expansion."
Intel software does seem to support RAID migration from RAID 0/1 to RAID 5, bu that is less important to me as I plan to start out with 3x500gb and add more later. In this situation, would I have to copy all the data to an external backup and recreate the array? I don't want the added expense of a hardware RAID controller because Matrix RAID does seem to offer some benefits with very low cpu overhead.