Hello, i am planning to convert my fileserver from ubuntu to nexenta and I did some reading into ZfS. Would it be possible to setup a raidZ with first just one disk, than copy data onto that disk and than add another disk? I ask because I have 3 500GB disks where 2 are full and one is empty, so i would create a zfs pool(?) wiht the empty disk, copy the data from the second to that zfs, than add the second disk to the zfs pool, after that I copy the data from the third disk and finally add that disk to the pool. Will then when one disk dies my data still save? Hoe much spave will I have at the end? Can I later add a 1TB drive and use the whole TB?
The docs on opensolaris.org about zfs look pretty good, or do you have a manuall how a solaris beginner can setup a fileserverr with nexenta? Will my standard PC hardware work with nexenta? I have a P4 2.8Ghz, Gigybyte KNXP Mainboard, 2x sil3124 SATA Controllers, Geforce3 GC. thx Rupert _______________________________________________ gnusol-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users
