Bernard Mentink
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Hi All,
Very new to FreeNAS so please bear with me, also new to raid volumes.
I have a current 2 x 1TB drive arranged as a stripe volume and would like to migrate the data on that volume to a 3 x 2TB RaidZ1 volume, but I want to add in the new drives one at a time as I can afford them.
I understand the normal process is to replace one disk with the larger one by:
1. Physically adding the drive.
2. Marking one of the old drives as OFFLINE and replacing that with the new bigger drive. (how does the data get migrated?)
3. Then I should be able to remove the old 1TB drive?
So I am left with a 1TB and 2TB in stripe right? Is this usable as it is for awhile until I get the next drive?
I know it is not good to have drives not the same size ....
Anyone have a view as to the correct procedure to use to achieve my aim ...
Thanks,
Very new to FreeNAS so please bear with me, also new to raid volumes.
I have a current 2 x 1TB drive arranged as a stripe volume and would like to migrate the data on that volume to a 3 x 2TB RaidZ1 volume, but I want to add in the new drives one at a time as I can afford them.
I understand the normal process is to replace one disk with the larger one by:
1. Physically adding the drive.
2. Marking one of the old drives as OFFLINE and replacing that with the new bigger drive. (how does the data get migrated?)
3. Then I should be able to remove the old 1TB drive?
So I am left with a 1TB and 2TB in stripe right? Is this usable as it is for awhile until I get the next drive?
I know it is not good to have drives not the same size ....
Anyone have a view as to the correct procedure to use to achieve my aim ...
Thanks,