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Expand a grid: Overview

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You can expand the capacity or capabilities of your StorageGRID system without interrupting system operations.

A StorageGRID expansion allows you to add:

  • Storage volumes to Storage Nodes

  • New grid nodes to an existing site

  • An entire new site

The reason you are performing the expansion determines how many new nodes of each type you must add and the location of those new nodes. For example, there are different node requirements if you are performing an expansion to increase storage capacity, add metadata capacity, or add redundancy or new capabilities.

Follow the steps for the type of expansion you're performing:

Add storage volumes

Follow the steps for adding storage volumes to Storage Nodes.

Add grid nodes

  1. Follow the steps for adding grid nodes to an existing site.

  2. Update the subnets.

  3. Deploy grid nodes:

  4. Perform the expansion.

  5. Configure the expanded system.

Add new site

  1. Follow the steps for Adding a new site.

  2. Update the subnets.

  3. Deploy grid nodes:

  4. Perform the expansion.

  5. Configure the expanded system.