Is there a simple way of redoing my RAIDZ2 setup?

[pix]

Hello everyone.

Here is my current setup

Code:

RAID Z2
6x2 Tb (WD Green)
7.1 Tb usable
1.7 Tb used
Spindown alterations from Cyberjocks thread applied
4 plugin jails (might consolidate these into 1 single jail if 
I have to redo the entire RAIDZ2 setup)

Build FreeNAS-9.2.1.8-RELEASE-x64 (e625626)

I have been running this setup now for about 8 months and like it.

However, after 8 months of usage I only have 1.7 Tb of space taken up.

I do occasionally setup a vSphere iSCSI share for testing purposes but this still keeps me under 2.5 Tb of space used.

I want to redo my RAIDZ2 setup into 4x2Tb.
My main concern is having to setup the 4 jails I currently have (the data I can backup off server).

In this scenario I would have atleast 2 spares waiting in case something happened to my 4x2 RAIDZ2. Each drive has about 5300 hours on them and constantly 35c Temp (Max 80) (have never hit above 38c). A bit used after nearly a year
but a spares a spare :) .

please let me know your thoughts on this and what your plan of action would be.

sidenote: in case of a full rebuild - would doing an install of 9.3 be recommended or should I just stick to 9.2.1.8?

 

[danb35]

The only way to accomplish what you're trying to do is to destroy the pool and build a new one.

 

[pix]

thank you danb. i was pretty sure that was going to be the answer i just wanted confirmation :)