Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Removing a device from a zfs pool

2006-08-11 Thread Matthew Ahrens
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 02:47:19AM -0700, Louwtjie Burger wrote: > Are there any consideration given to this feature...? Yes, this is on our radar. We have some ideas about how to implement it, but it will probably be at least 6 months until it is ready. We have several higher-priority tasks to

[zfs-discuss] Re: Removing a device from a zfs pool

2006-08-11 Thread Louwtjie Burger
Hi there Are there any consideration given to this feature...? I would also agree that this will not only be a "testing" feature, but will find it's way into production. It would probably work on the same princaple of swap -a and swap -d ;) Just a little bit more complex. This message post

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Removing a device from a zfs pool

2006-08-04 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 10:29:49AM -0700, Brad Plecs wrote: > > You *can* replace individual devices in the vdev, but I haven't tested > whether or > not the raidz grows to use the full size of the disks once I replace all the > 36 GB drives > with 73 GB drives. I suspect not. Actually, it d

[zfs-discuss] Re: Removing a device from a zfs pool

2006-08-04 Thread Brad Plecs
> Yeah, I ran into that in my testing, too. I suspect > it's something > that will come up in testing a LOT more than in real > production use. I disagree. I can see lots of situations where you want to attach new storage and remove or retire old storage from an existing pool. It would be grea