Changing from RAID-1 to RAID-5 on the fly

[Georgeisdead]

We are currently running a server with 2 36GB SCSI drives in a RAID-1 array. We want to add a third drive to make RAID-5 possible. Our drives are all hot-swappable so adding the hard drive is not a problem. The problem comes from changing the array to a RAID-5. Is it possible to change from a RAID-1 array to a RAID-5 array without formatting any of the drives or losing data?

If so, is the process dependant on the type of hardware controller we are using? Is there any special software that needs to be used?

 

[Xtremist]

AFAIK, it depends solely on your RAID controller and whether or not it supports this.

 

[Georgeisdead]

Thanks, I checked the documentation and found a section on RAID migration. Looks like this is what I'm after. I appreciate the point in the right direction.