There's no way to expand/shrink Hammer volumes. Another way to approach this - and it's not necessarily better or worse - is to use Hammer's mirroring capability to move data to a larger disk and then start using that one, or otherwise shift it around.
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Dean Hamstead <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys > > Im thinking about reloading my home file server with dragonflybsd. Mainly so > i can take advantage of the rather awesome looking HAMMER filesystem. > > My home server has an Areca 1260 SAS raid card, which is reported as being > supported by the arcmsr man page. > > Im looking for confirmation from other users that areca cards work well, and > that the admin tools are supported from freebsd or otherwise implemented > independently. > > Also id like to get some feedback that HAMMER is up to the task of being > belted really hard over sustained periods. > > Im also not able to see find a conclusive answer to if HAMMER can be > expanded (as im relatively frequently adding more disks, and expanding my > raid array - currently im using UFS tool growfs) > > I have dabbled with ZFS on freebsd, but found it wanting. HAMMER seems much > more 'next generation' - rather than just collapsing some raid features in > to the filesystem. > > Dean > -- > http://fragfest.com.au >
