Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 6:50 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Is there a how to, since it is a GUI, pictures would be nice, that > shows how to add a drive? If I can add a drive, that'll work. My > duckduckgo searches turned up results that says I can't do that. > I found dozens of them. I can't find a single one that shows how > to do it tho. I'd like to use the GUI if possible. I've read > that for TrueNAS, everything should be done with the GUI because > of the way it is setup. I dunno. I just want to do it. > > I do plan to replace that drive later tho. I have a spare drive > laying around that I can put in for now. Later, I plan to but a > 14, 16 or 18TB drive and replace it. I notice the 18TB drive > prices are getting reasonable. Sort of. Will I be able to add > the larger drive then remove the old temporary one later? If I > can't, I may as well switch now. I only have 4 slots, three > already used I think. I have little wiggle room in that old rig. > > If this falls though, sounds like Ubuntu is the tool. It has been > around a long time and lots of people use it so don't see it going > away anytime soon. > > > On the left side pane, last item is "Guide" - docs are very thorough, > they tell you how to do it > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
OK. I got it. I now have extra space. I'm still seriously thinking about using Ubuntu and LVM tho. I actually clicked the option once before but a warning popped up so I thought I was doing it wrong. This time, I ignored the error since if I went to LVM, I'd have to erase everything anyway. Now when I get a larger hard drive, I get to figure that out too. :/ Oh, creating a vdev was the trick. Once that is done, expand the pool. It's one of those, once it is done, it seems easy. ROFL I guess vdev is like LVMs pv, physical volume I think it is. Crap, using two different things that do the same thing different is confusing. Even that is confusing. O_o Mark, it did mention it is striped. You nailed that good. It also said that if one drive fails, that's bad. :-' Thanks to all. Still may play with Ubuntu. I need to find someone buying a new puter. lol Dale :-) :-)
