What happens to RAIDZ if...

[haymill92]

Hey guys, this has probably been covered in the forums but I'm in a time crunch and couldn't take the time to find it. Basically I'm planning on installing FreeNAS on a USB drive and having 4 2TB drives in a RAIDZ as my storage volume. What I'm wanting to know is if there is a way to backup or configure the install so that if my USB drive dies and I have to replace it I can still access the volume array and do not lose my data. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[warri]

Yes, you can export and backup your config file and just import it into a fresh FreeNAS installation.
Even without the config file you would usually not lose any data, just all the settings (users, services, etc.).