Hi as in this thread...
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...505130355-new-smart-alerts.32738/#post-203874
One of my 3 disk Raidz1 disks has got Smart alerts, and although not necessarily true (see the thread) I feel happier starting again, and have taken delivery of 3* 3Tb HP Red drives...
My current system is an HP Microserver with 3 disk *2Tb Raidz1 with a logs drive 250Gb FreeNAS9.3 8Gb Ram
Looking at other threads Raidz1 seems to be frowned on these days, in favour of mirroring...? Correct?
So I have one failing 2Tb drive, and three new 3Tb drive.
I have read how to replace the current 2Tb with the 3Tb etc, but can / should I convert to mirroring instead at this point. (I could buy a 4th 3Tb drive if warranted). (I don't really expect to need more than 4-5Tb in forseeable future)
Final thing, to make life easier can I remove the log drive to physically make room whilst swapping the other drives
So
1. Replace current Raidz1? (I'll follow documented instructions.)
2. Convert to Mirroring (How?)
3. Temporarily remove Logs Disk (is it OK?)
Cheers
Tim
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...505130355-new-smart-alerts.32738/#post-203874
One of my 3 disk Raidz1 disks has got Smart alerts, and although not necessarily true (see the thread) I feel happier starting again, and have taken delivery of 3* 3Tb HP Red drives...
My current system is an HP Microserver with 3 disk *2Tb Raidz1 with a logs drive 250Gb FreeNAS9.3 8Gb Ram
Looking at other threads Raidz1 seems to be frowned on these days, in favour of mirroring...? Correct?
So I have one failing 2Tb drive, and three new 3Tb drive.
I have read how to replace the current 2Tb with the 3Tb etc, but can / should I convert to mirroring instead at this point. (I could buy a 4th 3Tb drive if warranted). (I don't really expect to need more than 4-5Tb in forseeable future)
Final thing, to make life easier can I remove the log drive to physically make room whilst swapping the other drives
So
1. Replace current Raidz1? (I'll follow documented instructions.)
2. Convert to Mirroring (How?)
3. Temporarily remove Logs Disk (is it OK?)
Cheers
Tim