Hi,
I currently have a 4 drives RAID-Z1 array created many moons ago and I am starting to run out of space. I have a another Server Built which a compatible board which supports up to 12 drives of which I would like to use 8 of them.
Question being, what would be the best way to transition from my current RAID-Z1 to RAID-Z2 all while keeping file permissions, shares, share permissions, so literally a clone of what I have with the extra resiliency.
Or, would keeping the RAID-Z1 and creating a new VDEV solve the problem of adding space to the existing array with the downside of just having a single parity drive.... and the lack of understanding on my end of what the true implications are with doing this.
Thanks,
I currently have a 4 drives RAID-Z1 array created many moons ago and I am starting to run out of space. I have a another Server Built which a compatible board which supports up to 12 drives of which I would like to use 8 of them.
Question being, what would be the best way to transition from my current RAID-Z1 to RAID-Z2 all while keeping file permissions, shares, share permissions, so literally a clone of what I have with the extra resiliency.
Or, would keeping the RAID-Z1 and creating a new VDEV solve the problem of adding space to the existing array with the downside of just having a single parity drive.... and the lack of understanding on my end of what the true implications are with doing this.
Thanks,