> Just a quick question. If I create a raidz pool but then later find
> that I need more space I can add another raidz set to the pool but
> what happens to data already in the pool? Does a relayout occur or
> does zfs work towards balancing I/O to the pool across the 2 raidz
> sets only as new data is written?

Technically, raidz describes a vdev in a pool, not a pool itself.  

So yes, you can add another raidz to the pool.  New data is striped
across both components, but weighted to the empty one to try to balance
things out a bit over time.

No relayout occurs.

> Also, is it possible to explicitly request a relayout; for example can
> I convert a raidz1 pool to a raidz2 pool?

Not today.  My assumption is that other items (like zpool
shrink/evacuation) are being targeted as a higher priority.

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