Using Resilver Priority

Resilvering is a process that copies data to a replacement disk. Complete it as quickly as possible. Resilvering is a high priority task. It can run in the background while performing other system functions, however, this can put a higher demand on system resources. Increasing the priority of resilvers helps them finish faster as the system runs tasks with higher priority ranking.

Use the Resilver Priority screen to schedule a time where a resilver task can become a higher priority for the system and when the additional I/O or CPU use does not affect normal usage.

Select Enabled, then use the dropdown lists to select a start time in Begin and time to finish in End to define a priority period for the resilver. To select the day(s) to run the resilver, use the Days of the Week dropdown to select when the task can run with the priority given.

A resilver process running during the time frame defined between the beginning and end times likely runs faster than during times when demand on system resources is higher. We advise you to avoid putting the system under any intensive activity or heavy loads (replications, SMB transfers, NFS transfers, Rsync transfers, S.M.A.R.T. tests, pool scrubs, etc.) during a resilver process.