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So I recently built a FreeNas box for personal and educational use. I currently have 5 1TB WD Red drives in a RaidZ2 for the main datasets (Media, Backups, Documents) and 1 ssd for the Jails Dataset. My main Volume (RaidZ2) is now over halfway full so I am planning on upgrading, even though I may not need to implement the upgrade until further down the line.
My goal is to install 6 New 1 or 2 TB hdds in an external enclosure (something like this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3913UN3425&ignorebbr=1), create a new volume on those drives, copy my datasets over to the new volume, then move the 5 hdds I am currently using plus 1 more (to get a proper RaidZ2 array) into the enclosure add them to the volume.
Basically, I want to get rid of my 1 RaidZ2 array of 5x1TB and get a new volume that is striped across 2 RaidZ2 arrays with 6x1TB, all while keeping my data. This will leave room for more SSD caching in the main case.
Does this sound feasible? Are there better options? Also, I am confused if or how iSCSI plays into this whole deal.
I am open to any suggestions about any part of this process.
My goal is to install 6 New 1 or 2 TB hdds in an external enclosure (something like this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3913UN3425&ignorebbr=1), create a new volume on those drives, copy my datasets over to the new volume, then move the 5 hdds I am currently using plus 1 more (to get a proper RaidZ2 array) into the enclosure add them to the volume.
Basically, I want to get rid of my 1 RaidZ2 array of 5x1TB and get a new volume that is striped across 2 RaidZ2 arrays with 6x1TB, all while keeping my data. This will leave room for more SSD caching in the main case.
Does this sound feasible? Are there better options? Also, I am confused if or how iSCSI plays into this whole deal.
I am open to any suggestions about any part of this process.