Re: [zfs-discuss] upgrade zfs stripe

2010-04-20 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: Bob Friesenhahn [mailto:bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us] > > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > > > Just be aware that if *any* of your devices fail, all is lost. > (Because > > you've said it's configured as a nonredundant stripe.) > > The good news is that it is easy to conv

Re: [zfs-discuss] upgrade zfs stripe

2010-04-20 Thread Albert Frenz
ok thanks for the fast info. that sounds really awesome. i am glad i tried out zfs, so i no longer have to worry about this issues and the fact that i can upgrad forth and back between stripe and mirror is amazing. money was short, so only 2 disks had been put in and since the data is not that w

Re: [zfs-discuss] upgrade zfs stripe

2010-04-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: Just be aware that if *any* of your devices fail, all is lost. (Because you've said it's configured as a nonredundant stripe.) The good news is that it is easy to convert any single-disk vdev into a mirror vdev. It is also easy to convert a mirr

Re: [zfs-discuss] upgrade zfs stripe

2010-04-19 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Albert Frenz > > since i am really new to zfs, i got 2 important questions for starting. > i got a nas up and running zfs in stripe mode with 2x 1,5tb hdd. my > question for future proof would

[zfs-discuss] upgrade zfs stripe

2010-04-19 Thread Albert Frenz
hi there, since i am really new to zfs, i got 2 important questions for starting. i got a nas up and running zfs in stripe mode with 2x 1,5tb hdd. my question for future proof would be, if i could add just another drive to the pool and zfs can integrate it flawlessly? and second if this hdd cou