> On 04/20/10 04:13 PM, Sunil wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a strange requirement. My pool consists of 2 > 500GB disks in stripe which I am trying to convert > into a RAIDZ setup without data loss but I have only > two additional disks: 750GB and 1TB. So, here is what > I thought: > > > > 1. Carve a 500GB slice (A) in 750GB and 2 500GB > slices (B,C) in 1TB. > > 2. Create a RAIDZ pool out of these 3 slices. > Performance will be bad because of seeks in the same > disk for B and C but its just temporary. > > > > If the 1TB drive fails, you're buggered. So there's > not a lot of point > setting up a raidz.
This is temporary. Please read my post again. > > You may as well create a pool on the 1TB drive and > copy to that. > > > 3. zfs send | recv my current pool data into the > new pool. > > 4. Destroy the current pool. > > 5. In the new pool, replace B with the 500GB disk > freed by the destruction of the current pool. > > 6. Optionally, replace C with second 500GB to free > up the 750GB completely. > > > > > Or use the two 500GB and the 750 GB drive for the > raidz. And lose my existing data on those 2 500GB disks? Please, at least read the post before replying....:( -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
