Ok, Cindy, Next question is, let me do this for Orvar -- any of the existing snapshot settings need to be changed for the new disks, before they corrupt the baby data? :-) best, z
----- Original Message ----- From: <cindy.swearin...@sun.com> To: "Orvar Korvar" <knatte_fnatte_tja...@yahoo.com> Cc: <zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Possible to copy a zpool safely? rsync? zfs send? > Hi Orvar, > > Option A effectively doubles your existing pool (500GB x 4-->1TB x 4) > *and* provides increased reliability. This is the difference between > options A and B. > > I also like the convenience of just replacing the smaller disks with > larger disks in the existing pool and not having to create a new pool > to move data around. > > Replace disks and done! Next question... > > Cindy > > > > Orvar Korvar wrote: >> Cindy and you all, thanx for your answers! I have got us several more >> OpenSolaris converts meanwhile. One guy said, "Why didnt I try ZFS >> before??" :o) >> >> A quick question, in scenario A) >> My old 4 samsung 500GB is a raidz1. If I exchange each drive and finally >> add a hot spare, it is not the same result as if I create a raidz1 out of >> all the 5 samsung 1TB? It is more, a raidz1 + a hot spare? That is not >> really what I want. >> >> Therefore I will try the zfs send and receive. Thanx! :o) >> >> I will do something like >> >> # zfs snapshot mypool/m...@now >> # zfs send mypool/m...@now | zfs receive >> anotherpool/anothe...@anothersnap > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
