Adding new disks

System Settings : RAID Management : Adding new disks

Adding new disks

Some FortiAnalyzer units have space to add more hard disks to increase your storage capacity.


	Fortinet recommends that you use the same disks as those supplied by Fortinet. Disks of other brands will not be supported by Fortinet. For information on purchasing extra hard disks, contact your Fortinet reseller.

To add more hard disks:

1. Obtain the same disks as those supplied by Fortinet.

2. Back up the log data on the FortiAnalyzer unit. You can also migrate the data to another FortiAnalyzer unit if you have one. Data migration reduces system down time and risk of data loss.

For information on data backup, see “Backing up the system”.

3. If your device has hardware RAID, install the disks in the FortiAnalyzer unit while the FortiAnalyzer unit is running.

If your device has software RAID, shutdown the device (see “Shutdown”), install the disk or disks, then restart the device.

4. Configure the RAID level.

If you have backed up the log data, restore the data. For more information, see “Restoring the configuration”.