At least a method and system of automatically expanding storage capacity
in a data storage device are presented. In one method, the data storage
device receives additional hard disk drives. Next, the data storage
device receives an expansion option from a user by way of a user
interface. The data storage device allocates one or more portions of one
or more hard disk drives within the storage device, for use by one or
more data pools, based on the expansion option. In one system for
automatically expanding storage capacity in a data storage device, the
system comprises a memory, one or more processors, and one or more
software. One or more data pools are generated using one or more hard
disk drives added to the data storage device.