I am running out of space on my existing FreeNAS server this is setup with:
I am running out of space as only basically have 3TB storage. So I have bought a new 3TB drive and am looking to be able to swap the 1a & 1b mirror to be part of a raidz1 with the additional drive. Whats the best way to do this I was thinking about taking one of the drives say 2b and 1b from each mirror and then setup a new pool with 1b, 2b and the new drive.
Copy from 1a to the need raidz1 pool and then once finished remove 1a and put this back into server 2 and then get another drive and then copy from server 1-2?
Keen to know everyones thoughts and if this is this even possible? especially as I am sure server 1 will still 1b is part of the original mirror and not allow me to add it into a new pool? I was trying to keep at least part of one together as I assume it will be faster to copy on the same server than over LAN?
- 1a) 3TB (mirror 1a&1b) data
- 1b) 3TB (mirror 1a&1b) data
- 1c) 1TB (mirror 1c&1d)Time Machine.
- 1d) 1TB (mirror 1c&1d)Time Machine.
- 2a) 3TB (mirror 2a&2b)
- 2b) 3TB (mirror 2a&2b))
- 2c) 1TB for a second Time Machine drive.
I am running out of space as only basically have 3TB storage. So I have bought a new 3TB drive and am looking to be able to swap the 1a & 1b mirror to be part of a raidz1 with the additional drive. Whats the best way to do this I was thinking about taking one of the drives say 2b and 1b from each mirror and then setup a new pool with 1b, 2b and the new drive.
Copy from 1a to the need raidz1 pool and then once finished remove 1a and put this back into server 2 and then get another drive and then copy from server 1-2?
Keen to know everyones thoughts and if this is this even possible? especially as I am sure server 1 will still 1b is part of the original mirror and not allow me to add it into a new pool? I was trying to keep at least part of one together as I assume it will be faster to copy on the same server than over LAN?