Hello all,
Looking for some clarifications and possibly to double check my plan. Thanks in advance for any help.
Item #1. I have been reading the storage section of the FreeNAS 11.2-U3 manual. Specifically, I am locking at expanding a pool by adding a second VDEV. Currently, I have one pool with a single VDEV. The VDEV is 6 x8TB WD RED in a RaidZ2 configuration. I am at the 90% mark and plan to add a new 6x8TB WD RED RaidZ2 VDEV to that pool.
Question 1: The instructions on adding a VDEV are clear, the thing I cannot seem to find is how the storage will be managed after I add the VDEV. Will FreeNAS automatically shift data from my first VDEV to the new VDEV to ensure I am below the 80% threshold? Or do I do this manually somehow?
Question 2: Going forward, can I assume FreeNAS will handle balancing the storage across the VDEV’s? Or is this something I must watch for?
Item#2 Before I commit to the adding the second VDEV, I am considering moving to an encrypted state. To do this, I believe the actions would be as follows,
Create a new pool, let’s call it NewPool, with my new VDEV and encrypt it.
Copy data from existing or OldPool to NewPool. I have seen a few guides out there on how to copy the data, so I think I have that down.
Once data is copied. Destroy OldPool and move the VDEV to NewPool where encryption will occur once added.
Backup Key’s etc.
I realize there are details in there such as ensuring to properly transfer the data etc. But form a high level, is that correct?
Looking for some clarifications and possibly to double check my plan. Thanks in advance for any help.
Item #1. I have been reading the storage section of the FreeNAS 11.2-U3 manual. Specifically, I am locking at expanding a pool by adding a second VDEV. Currently, I have one pool with a single VDEV. The VDEV is 6 x8TB WD RED in a RaidZ2 configuration. I am at the 90% mark and plan to add a new 6x8TB WD RED RaidZ2 VDEV to that pool.
Question 1: The instructions on adding a VDEV are clear, the thing I cannot seem to find is how the storage will be managed after I add the VDEV. Will FreeNAS automatically shift data from my first VDEV to the new VDEV to ensure I am below the 80% threshold? Or do I do this manually somehow?
Question 2: Going forward, can I assume FreeNAS will handle balancing the storage across the VDEV’s? Or is this something I must watch for?
Item#2 Before I commit to the adding the second VDEV, I am considering moving to an encrypted state. To do this, I believe the actions would be as follows,
Create a new pool, let’s call it NewPool, with my new VDEV and encrypt it.
Copy data from existing or OldPool to NewPool. I have seen a few guides out there on how to copy the data, so I think I have that down.
Once data is copied. Destroy OldPool and move the VDEV to NewPool where encryption will occur once added.
Backup Key’s etc.
I realize there are details in there such as ensuring to properly transfer the data etc. But form a high level, is that correct?