On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Orvar Korvar < knatte_fnatte_tja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a ZFS raid and wonder if it is possible to move the ZFS raid around > from SATA port to another? Ive heard that someone assembled the SATA > connections differently and the ZFS raid wouldnt work. > > Say that I have 8 SATA port controller card with 4 drives in a ZFS raid. > Sata ports 0-3 are occupied and Sata ports 4-7 are empty. Could I move SATA > connection nr 0 to the SATA port nr 4? > -- > Best would be if you could find another SATA port, or even an exernal USB enclosure, to use temporarily, even on any other controller. Then you can create the raidz 5x1TB drives, zfs send the data, and then get rid of the old drives without damaging the old pool. If anything does go wrong during the process, your old pool would still be in tact. Once the data transfer is complete, shut down and remove the old disks and then connect the drive which was temporarily on another controller onto a SATA controller as its final configuration. -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke My blog: http://initialprogramload.blogspot.com
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