Hi Everyone,
Just would like to ask the experts here a quick question.
I currently have a 1 x 4TB setup. This drive is full with more data ready to uploaded. So I added these additional hard drives.
2 x 1.5 TB
1 x 1 TB
1 x 4 TB
My end goal is to have 6 x 4TB drives in RAIDZ6 ( I currently have 2 ). I am just waiting to save enough money to afford the addition 4 x 4TB drives. In the mean time I have a problem with how to juggle my data.
My problem is what do I do with my data once I have my 6 x 4TB drives ready to be created into a RAIDZ6?
I was thinking that I could use the 2 x 1.5TB and 1 x 1TB drive installed on my FreeNAS to temporarily hold new data (my 4 TB would still be full) and when it would become time to install the 6 x 4TB RAIDZ6 I would transfer as much of the 4TB as I can onto those three drives + use additional storage I have laying around/friends external drives. But now that I have the 2 x 1.5 TB and 1 x 1TB drive physically installed I am not sure how I can set it up on FreeNAS so that when the time comes to take those drives out of my system I can just pop it into a USB enclosure and upload the data to the new 6 x 4TB RAIDZ6
Does anyone have any suggestions??
Just would like to ask the experts here a quick question.
I currently have a 1 x 4TB setup. This drive is full with more data ready to uploaded. So I added these additional hard drives.
2 x 1.5 TB
1 x 1 TB
1 x 4 TB
My end goal is to have 6 x 4TB drives in RAIDZ6 ( I currently have 2 ). I am just waiting to save enough money to afford the addition 4 x 4TB drives. In the mean time I have a problem with how to juggle my data.
My problem is what do I do with my data once I have my 6 x 4TB drives ready to be created into a RAIDZ6?
I was thinking that I could use the 2 x 1.5TB and 1 x 1TB drive installed on my FreeNAS to temporarily hold new data (my 4 TB would still be full) and when it would become time to install the 6 x 4TB RAIDZ6 I would transfer as much of the 4TB as I can onto those three drives + use additional storage I have laying around/friends external drives. But now that I have the 2 x 1.5 TB and 1 x 1TB drive physically installed I am not sure how I can set it up on FreeNAS so that when the time comes to take those drives out of my system I can just pop it into a USB enclosure and upload the data to the new 6 x 4TB RAIDZ6
Does anyone have any suggestions??