Hi Curtis,  Please find below answers,  #1 - What happens to the existing data in the pool after adding the disks?  Ideally, I'd like for the data to remain intact and for the san to automatically increase the size of the pool. Ans ==> All existing data will be on same drives as they are now (existing data will not be re-striped across all disks once they are added). Only new luns or shares created can have the space from new drives.  #2 - Should i avoid configuring disks from different enclosures?  I'm thinking i may want 5 in the orignal unit and another 5 in the DAE.Ans ==> No, we can configure disks from different enclosures.  RegardsShivanand
I'm looking to add more space to a storage pool.  This is a vnxe3100 with 11 disks / 2 RAID 5 pools and a hot spare..  The plan is to buy a new DAE and add more disks to it.  I found instructions for adding the disks to a storage pool.  It seems simple.  Open the pool, click add disks, and complete the wizard.  I have some additional questions about this process.  #1 - What happens to the existing data in the pool after adding the disks?  Ideally, I'd like for the data to remain intact and for the san to automatically increase the size of the pool.   #2 - Should i avoid configuring disks from different enclosures?  I'm thinking i may want 5 in the orignal unit and another 5 in the DAE.
What happens to existing data after adding more disks to the pool?