Hello, i have an 8 port sata-controller and i don't want to spend the money for 8 x 750 GB Sata Disks right now. I'm thinking about an optimal way of building a growing raidz-pool without loosing any data.
As far as i know there are two ways to achieve this: - Adding 750 GB Disks from time to time. But this would lead to multiple groups with multiple redundancy/parity disks. I would not reach the maximum capacity of 7x750 GB at the end. - Buying "cheap" 8x250 GB SATA disks at first and replacing them from time to time by 750 GB or bigger disks. Disadvantage: At the end i've bought 8x250 GB + 8x750 GB Harddisks. My Question now: Is the second way reasonable or do i missing some things? Anything else to consider? This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
