topic Combine Raidgroups of same disk type in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Combine-Raidgroups-of-same-disk-type/m-p/69007#M4818 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><DIV><P>On a FAS3170, we have 2 raidgroups&nbsp; that belong to 1 aggregate, each of size 18, with the same type of&nbsp; disks and also the same speed.</P><P>&nbsp; <BR />Can we change the raidgroup size and combine those 2 raidgroups to reclaim a couple of disks?</P></DIV></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:01:04 GMT kruparao5 2025-06-05T07:01:04Z Combine Raidgroups of same disk type https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Combine-Raidgroups-of-same-disk-type/m-p/69007#M4818 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><DIV><P>On a FAS3170, we have 2 raidgroups&nbsp; that belong to 1 aggregate, each of size 18, with the same type of&nbsp; disks and also the same speed.</P><P>&nbsp; <BR />Can we change the raidgroup size and combine those 2 raidgroups to reclaim a couple of disks?</P></DIV></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:01:04 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Combine-Raidgroups-of-same-disk-type/m-p/69007#M4818 kruparao5 2025-06-05T07:01:04Z Re: Combine Raidgroups of same disk type https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Combine-Raidgroups-of-same-disk-type/m-p/69011#M4820 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We can't shrink or remove disks from an aggregate or raid group.&nbsp; So, you can only add to those existing raid groups, but can't combine them.&nbsp; Also, the max FC/SAS/SSD raid group size is 28 (26D+2P with RAID_DP) so that is too many drives for one raid group and you wouldn't gain space if we could combine them.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:38:04 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Combine-Raidgroups-of-same-disk-type/m-p/69011#M4820 scottgelb 2011-01-28T20:38:04Z Re: Combine Raidgroups of same disk type https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Combine-Raidgroups-of-same-disk-type/m-p/69019#M4823 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It was alot of information. Thank you </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:22:50 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Combine-Raidgroups-of-same-disk-type/m-p/69019#M4823 kruparao5 2011-02-18T14:22:50Z