topic Swapping one size of disks for larger ones in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Swapping-one-size-of-disks-for-larger-ones/m-p/36180#M8849 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have a couple of DS14 shelves of 750GB SATA disks and we'd like to grow an aggregrate contained on them.</P><P></P><P>Is it possible (NetApp's selling policy willing!) to swap these 750GB disks for 1TB disks, one at a time, like you would say an HP server array and would you end up with more capacity at the end.</P><P></P><P>Just looking at cheaper alternatives to buying more shelves as these were purchased by a specfic dept not by general IT budget.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:02:54 GMT nigelg1965 2025-06-05T07:02:54Z Swapping one size of disks for larger ones https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Swapping-one-size-of-disks-for-larger-ones/m-p/36180#M8849 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have a couple of DS14 shelves of 750GB SATA disks and we'd like to grow an aggregrate contained on them.</P><P></P><P>Is it possible (NetApp's selling policy willing!) to swap these 750GB disks for 1TB disks, one at a time, like you would say an HP server array and would you end up with more capacity at the end.</P><P></P><P>Just looking at cheaper alternatives to buying more shelves as these were purchased by a specfic dept not by general IT budget.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:02:54 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Swapping-one-size-of-disks-for-larger-ones/m-p/36180#M8849 nigelg1965 2025-06-05T07:02:54Z Re: Swapping one size of disks for larger ones https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Swapping-one-size-of-disks-for-larger-ones/m-p/36184#M8850 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, it is not possible.</P><P></P><P>What could be done – temporary loan shelf, install larger disks, copy data over (ndmpcopy, vol copy, SnapMirror – whatever is available) and then install disks back in original shelf. This obviously requires some downtime.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:39:58 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Swapping-one-size-of-disks-for-larger-ones/m-p/36184#M8850 aborzenkov 2011-01-04T17:39:58Z