Veritas Volume Manager 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1506, April 2011)

Figure 1-28
Example of relayout of a concatenated volume to a RAID-5 volume
RAID-5 volume
Concatenated
volume
Note that adding parity increases the overall storage space that the volume
requires.
■ Change the number of columns in a volume.
Figure 1-29 shows an example of changing the number of columns.
Figure 1-29
Example of increasing the number of columns in a volume
Two columns Three columns
Note that the length of the columns is reduced to conserve the size of the volume.
■ Change the column stripe width in a volume.
Figure 1-30 shows an example of changing the column stripe width.
Figure 1-30
Example of increasing the stripe width for the columns in a volume
See “Performing online relayout” on page 375.
See “Permitted relayout transformations” on page 375.
Understanding Veritas Volume Manager
Online relayout
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