chemistocrat
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I have a Dell Poweredge R710 running 6x 3TB disks in raidz2. My pool is full, so I have purchased 6x 14TB disks.
I understand the official guidance is to replace the disks, one by one, then the pool will expand to use the full capacity of the new larger disks once all 6 disks are replaced.
My question is this: I would like to use those 6x 3TB drives as a last-ditch, something-has-gone-horribly-wrong, offline, offsite cold storage. Does this method leave those disks in a position to be added back to a TrueNAS system and a pool recreated from them? Or do I need to disconnect my existing 6x 3TB pool, remove all current drives, add the new 6x 14TB ones, and create a new pool from scratch?
I understand the official guidance is to replace the disks, one by one, then the pool will expand to use the full capacity of the new larger disks once all 6 disks are replaced.
My question is this: I would like to use those 6x 3TB drives as a last-ditch, something-has-gone-horribly-wrong, offline, offsite cold storage. Does this method leave those disks in a position to be added back to a TrueNAS system and a pool recreated from them? Or do I need to disconnect my existing 6x 3TB pool, remove all current drives, add the new 6x 14TB ones, and create a new pool from scratch?