Hi gang,
I would like Drobo/Netgear/etc functionality with Freenas... I think I will need to go with UFS, but I'm still reading and trying to learn. Given the below scenario, can Freenas accomplish what I am after?
Start with three 1TB disks. Add a fourth to increase space to the existing storage pool (ie for the sake of simplicity, assuming 2TB is available with three disks, storage increases to 3TB with the fourth). Later on replace the 1TB disks one at a time with 2TB disks and have the storage pool increase in side accordingly. Then 3TB, then 4, etc.
Basically I want the volume to stay the same by adding disks and replacing existing disks with larger ones, ie, not have to create additional pools based on different or larger disks.
Can this work?
I would like Drobo/Netgear/etc functionality with Freenas... I think I will need to go with UFS, but I'm still reading and trying to learn. Given the below scenario, can Freenas accomplish what I am after?
Start with three 1TB disks. Add a fourth to increase space to the existing storage pool (ie for the sake of simplicity, assuming 2TB is available with three disks, storage increases to 3TB with the fourth). Later on replace the 1TB disks one at a time with 2TB disks and have the storage pool increase in side accordingly. Then 3TB, then 4, etc.
Basically I want the volume to stay the same by adding disks and replacing existing disks with larger ones, ie, not have to create additional pools based on different or larger disks.
Can this work?