Wols Lists wrote: > On 28/03/2022 13:52, Dale wrote: >> I googled and was trying to find info on how long it will take to shrink >> from 20TB to around 12TBs or so. It didn't lead to much except for >> someone with some seriously large drives and it taking about a week to >> shrink. That's a problem. If it will even take a few hours, I need a >> new plan. Anyone have ideas on how long that will take? > > Well, formatting my 3TB and 4TB drives I was looking at hours. > dm-integrity I think it was a day or so. > > If you're shrinking 8TB off it, depends how much data it has to move > around, but I'd allow at least a day, maybe more ... > > Cheers, > Wol > >
Time for plan B. I expect a drive purchase soon. $$$ Heck, it would be faster to do backups, redo the whole thing and copy it all back. I could copy it in chunks. First chunk gets me running and then copy remaining stuff. Hmmmmm. Dale :-) :-)
