Hello all, first time post and all it implies.
I would like to add a 5th disk to my current pool. What is the best way to achieve that? From what I've read, it's not possible to simply expand the pool by adding a disk. If I back up the data, delete the existing pool, add the new disk and create a new pool, what is the best configuration? Or, is this not the best approach at all? The MB has 6 SATA connections but I would like to use one for a SSD boot drive (currently a 16 GB USB stick) so should I give that up for a 6th drive? I know, a lot of questions but any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would like to add a 5th disk to my current pool. What is the best way to achieve that? From what I've read, it's not possible to simply expand the pool by adding a disk. If I back up the data, delete the existing pool, add the new disk and create a new pool, what is the best configuration? Or, is this not the best approach at all? The MB has 6 SATA connections but I would like to use one for a SSD boot drive (currently a 16 GB USB stick) so should I give that up for a 6th drive? I know, a lot of questions but any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Motherboard make and model - Supermicro X10SLH-F
- CPU make and model - Intel Xeon E3-1226 V3
- RAM quantity - 16 GiB ECC
- Hard drives - 4 ea WD 6TB Z1 (please not data contained in pool is non-critical)