Plan:
Slowly grow my primary storage by replacing drives with larger disks then moving them into the backup server
My primary server will be an 11 disk stripe (have 12 bays, need an open bay for expansion or maybe a cold spare).
The backup server will have 24 disk in 4 x 6 disk raidz
Rationale:
Growth of a stripe can be accomplished by replacing individual disks, no need to purchase en masse.
My backup storage on the other hand will grow after 6 disks have been upgraded.
My thought is as I grow my primary storage I will continually have hand me downs for the backup array.
So my question is of course is this feasible? Am I missing something important here?
I spun up a VM and did some testing with replacing disks in a stripe, seems to work just fine. I've grown a vdev over time before by replacing individual disks without issues.
Slowly grow my primary storage by replacing drives with larger disks then moving them into the backup server
My primary server will be an 11 disk stripe (have 12 bays, need an open bay for expansion or maybe a cold spare).
The backup server will have 24 disk in 4 x 6 disk raidz
Rationale:
Growth of a stripe can be accomplished by replacing individual disks, no need to purchase en masse.
My backup storage on the other hand will grow after 6 disks have been upgraded.
My thought is as I grow my primary storage I will continually have hand me downs for the backup array.
So my question is of course is this feasible? Am I missing something important here?
I spun up a VM and did some testing with replacing disks in a stripe, seems to work just fine. I've grown a vdev over time before by replacing individual disks without issues.