Vrakfall
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- Mar 2, 2014
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Damn. Then I don't think I have the storage + safeness capabilities to do it atm.Not really. You can't turn a RAIDZ1 vdev into a RAIDZ2 vdev; you'd have to back up your data, destroy the pool, re-create it as RAIDZ2, then restore your data.
What a bummer. :/ Good that it'd be a thing later. I bet Luks + unencrypted ZFS is a terrible idea / not doable in a RAID system? Or is that what's already used by FreeNAS? I'll look into those software-encryptions, thank you.FreeNAS doesn't currently support encryption per-dataset (though I recall seeing that this is on the roadmap for OpenZFS, and if it's implemented there, it should find its way into FreeNAS). A better (i.e., safer) option would probably be some form of client-side encryption software like TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt.
I didn't know it was wonky. :/ Though, I didn't have any issue for a few years.Honestly, even if your hardware were up to scratch, I'd probably recommend the same thing. FreeNAS's encryption system seems to be pretty fragile (though I base that only on what I've seen here, not in my personal experience), such that it's really only recommended if you have a legal or regulatory requirement to have full-disk encryption.
Yeah, then RAIDz2 is off the table right now.You can't change to a raid z2 pool without destroying everything and rebuilding. The same thing goes for encryption. Encryption is fine just most people lose the key and can't unlock their data. So don't lose the key!
Thank you. ^^ I have multiple duplicates of my keys, I think I'll make even more by pure paranoia.
Oh, thanks for the advice/idea! I can find one around the same price in Europe. You got me interested and I'll consider it. Looks like the one I found even already has 8GB of ECC RAM! :)As to that hardware... In the US, you can get a Proliant ML10 for $200. Add at least 4 GB of RAM (to the existing 4 GB, to make 8 GB, though I'd recommend adding at least 8 GB) and your drives, and you have suitable, modern, server-grade hardware for a very low price. I don't think that has anything to do with what's going on here, but something to consider.
Thank you all for your enlightenment. I wasn't aware enough of how bad my hardware was and how easy/cheap it is to acquire server-grade old hardware!
I think what I'll do now is temporarily clean+online the faulted disk, order a new one at the same time, replace the faulted disk as soon as the new one arrives. Can that first step harm the system or is just a wonky parity disk meanwhile?
I'll also check if I can go for a Proliant or another good hardware for around that price.
Additional question:
Is Support/Hardware the best place to ask if some piece of hardware is ok, using links to ebay, for example?
Should I look for a specific HDD type? (I guess there are already pinned threads about this, you're not forced to answer that but since I've got your attention ^^)
Edit/P.S.:
I didn't really pay attention to my NAS these last few months/years. I'm trying to correct that.
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