It looks like this will be the way I do it: initially: zpool create mypool raidz2 disk0 disk1 disk2 disk3 disk4 disk5 disk6 disk7
when I need more space and buy 8 more disks: zpool add mypool raidz2 disk8 disk9 disk10 disk11 disk12 disk13 disk14 disk15 Correct? > Enable compression, and set up multiple raidz2 groups. Depending on > what you're storing, you may get back more than you lose to parity. It's DVD backups and media files. Probably everything has already been compressed pretty well by the time it hits ZFS. > That's a lot of spindles for a home fileserver. I'd be inclined to go > with a smaller number of larger disks in mirror pairs, allowing me to > buy larger disks in pairs as they come on the market to increase > capacity. Or do smaller groupings of raidz1's (like 3 disks) so I can remove them and put 1.5TB disks in when they come out for instance? _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
