> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Terry Hull > > I am wanting to build a server with 16 - 1TB drives with 2 8 drive > RAID Z2 arrays striped together. However, I would like the capability > of adding additional stripes of 2TB drives in the future. Will this be > a problem? I thought I read it is best to keep the stripes the same > width and was planning to do that, but I was wondering about using > drives of different sizes. These drives would all be in a single pool.
There is no problem. Even if you wanted to add all sorts of randomly sized & shaped vdevs in the future, it would work. The reason they recommend sticking with one type of configuration is because of performance characteristics. That's not necessarily to say it performs better with only a single type, it's more "you don't know what to expect" if you have a raidz striped with a mirror and a raidz2, etc. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
