TerryVog
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Probably a simple one, but I couldn't find an answer yet.
My FreeNAS server had 2 HDDs with 3TB each (mirrored) and I am at 80% of it's capacity. So I bought 2 additional drives. How do I add them without trashing all the data on the server?
I thought I needed to use 'Import Disk' or 'Import Volume', but that is apparently about copying the data from those new drives to the server, which is not what I want. (Correct me if I'm wrong about this assumption).
I also tried to look into 'Volume Manager' but to my surprise, it wants to make a new volume while I want to extend to the existing one. But the old drives are not shown. And there are some scary red letters, saying that existing data will be cleared. I hope and suspect that this means everything on the new drives will be gone. Is that correct?
So what do I do now? I figured it would take forever to first backup everything from the server to my iMac over the network, then re-setup FreeNAS, and then copy everything back over the network again. Is it possible connect an external USB drive to the server? Copying via USB would probably be faster, wouldn't it?
I am running FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201511280648 on an Intel Core i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 8GB RAM. The main purpose has been TimeMachine, so it contains an incremental backup. Simply erasing it would be a pity because I lose my ability to go back in time, but it would not be a total disaster since it is a backup. I want to extend the use of the FreeNAS server by also making it a PLEXServer.
My FreeNAS server had 2 HDDs with 3TB each (mirrored) and I am at 80% of it's capacity. So I bought 2 additional drives. How do I add them without trashing all the data on the server?
I thought I needed to use 'Import Disk' or 'Import Volume', but that is apparently about copying the data from those new drives to the server, which is not what I want. (Correct me if I'm wrong about this assumption).
I also tried to look into 'Volume Manager' but to my surprise, it wants to make a new volume while I want to extend to the existing one. But the old drives are not shown. And there are some scary red letters, saying that existing data will be cleared. I hope and suspect that this means everything on the new drives will be gone. Is that correct?
So what do I do now? I figured it would take forever to first backup everything from the server to my iMac over the network, then re-setup FreeNAS, and then copy everything back over the network again. Is it possible connect an external USB drive to the server? Copying via USB would probably be faster, wouldn't it?
I am running FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201511280648 on an Intel Core i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 8GB RAM. The main purpose has been TimeMachine, so it contains an incremental backup. Simply erasing it would be a pity because I lose my ability to go back in time, but it would not be a total disaster since it is a backup. I want to extend the use of the FreeNAS server by also making it a PLEXServer.