Hello
Im coming from Linux and I want to swap from OMV to FreeNAS but I have a question about zpools and raidz1.
In Linux (mdadm) it's possible to shrink, grow and even change the RAID level.
Can I do the same with ZFS?
I ask because I would like to start the (RAIDZ1) with 4 disks and then grow it to 5 disks.
I need that 5th disk to store my data temporarly and import it later into FreeNAS (ext3 import) on the existing RAID5 with 5 devices.
After I copied the data (ext3 import) I would like to add the 5th disk to the zpool so the RAIDz1 has at the end 5 instead of 4 disks.
Is that possible and how?
I tried to figure it out by myself but I wasn't able to do it in the WEBUI not in the shell.
PS: Yes I know shrinking isn't working.
Im coming from Linux and I want to swap from OMV to FreeNAS but I have a question about zpools and raidz1.
In Linux (mdadm) it's possible to shrink, grow and even change the RAID level.
Can I do the same with ZFS?
I ask because I would like to start the (RAIDZ1) with 4 disks and then grow it to 5 disks.
I need that 5th disk to store my data temporarly and import it later into FreeNAS (ext3 import) on the existing RAID5 with 5 devices.
After I copied the data (ext3 import) I would like to add the 5th disk to the zpool so the RAIDz1 has at the end 5 instead of 4 disks.
Is that possible and how?
I tried to figure it out by myself but I wasn't able to do it in the WEBUI not in the shell.
PS: Yes I know shrinking isn't working.