"Brandon High" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Marcus Sundman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > So, is it possible to create a 5 * 1 TB raidz with 4 disks (i.e., > > with one disk offline)? > > [...] > 1. Create a sparse file on an existing filesystem. The size should be > the same as your disks. > 2. Create the raidz with 4 of the drives and the sparse file. > [...]
That's brilliant in its simplicity, and I see no reason why it wouldn't work. (ZFS even allows a larger sparse file than the size of the file system it's on.) I'm still waiting for my new disks and SATA-card, but I'll send a follow-up message once I've got them and tried your trick. Thanks! Regards, Marcus _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
