Erik Trimble wrote:
> Ivan Wang wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Forgive me if this is a dumb question. Is it possible for a two-disk 
>> mirrored zpool to be seamlessly enlarged by gradually replacing previous 
>> disk with larger one?
>>
>> Say, in a constrained desktop, only space for two internal disks is 
>> available, could I just begin with two 160G disks, then at some time, 
>> replace one of the 160G with 250G, resilvering, then replace another 160G, 
>> and finally get a two-disk 250G mirrored pool?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ivan.
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> 
> Yes.
> 
> After both drives are replaced, you will automatically see the 
> additional space.

I believe currently after the last replace an import/export sequence
is needed to force zfs to see the increased size.

Neil.
 
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