I was just wondering what would happen in a raidz array if one of the drives
failed? I imagine everything would work fine for reading, but will I be able to
write to the array still?
If I can write, does that mean that replacing the dead drive with a working one
will catch up the new drive? I
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Vanja wrote:
And finally, if this is the case, is it possible to make an array
with 3 drives, and then add the mirror later? I imagine this is
extremely similar to the previous situation.
One of the joys of using mirrors is that you can add a mirror device,
and you can
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 07:24, Vanja [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was just wondering what would happen in a raidz array if one of the drives
failed? I imagine everything would work fine for reading, but will I be able
to write to the array still?
Yes.
If I can write, does that mean that
Sorry I meant add the parity drive.
I've got too much data to keep secondary backups, for now.
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This means you can convert a non-redundant load-shared configuration into a
redundant
load-shared configuration.
Bob,
Does that imply that when you add zfs automatically load-balances across its
mirrors?
Does that also mean that when the drives in a mirror are not as fast as each
other, the fs
Vanja vanjab at gmail.com writes:
And finally, if this is the case, is it possible to make an array with
3 drives, and then add the mirror later?
I assume you are asking if it is possible to create a temporary 3-way raidz,
then transfer your data to it, then convert it to a 4-way raidz ? No
