Ideally you should add 3-5 disks at a time so you can add
raidz(like raid5) groups so the failure of a disk won't cause lost of
data.
Actually, I usually add them 8 at a time, it just average out to one every 1-2
months.
with ZFS its easier if you keep all disks on one server, just buy
the
I've ploughed through the documentation, but it's kind of vague on some points
and I need to buy some hardware if I'm to test it, so I thought I'd ask first.
I'll begin by describing what I want to achieve, and would apreciate if someone
could tell me if this is possible or how close I can come.