Kevin Horton
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I'm looking for advice on adding a spare drive to my system.
I'm running FreeNAS 9.10-STABLE-201605240427, with a single RAIDZ2 pool with 5 x 4TB drives. The system is used for personal and business use. I need the FreeNAS system to keep running while I am one the road, as I use ownCloud for business purposes, and my wife uses Plex. When I originally set up the system, I expected that I would normally be availabble on short notice to replace a failed drive. My situation has changed recently, and I am now self-employed, travelling frequently, with trips up to three weeks long.
I'm considering adding a spare drive, so that I could replace a failed drive remotely if I am on the road (I use ssh tunneling to access the GUI and CLI when I am on the road). I've looked at the official docs, but a search for "spare" doens't turn up much of interest. Is there anything I should be aware of before I add a 4 TB spare drive to my FreeNAS system?
System specs:
I'm running FreeNAS 9.10-STABLE-201605240427, with a single RAIDZ2 pool with 5 x 4TB drives. The system is used for personal and business use. I need the FreeNAS system to keep running while I am one the road, as I use ownCloud for business purposes, and my wife uses Plex. When I originally set up the system, I expected that I would normally be availabble on short notice to replace a failed drive. My situation has changed recently, and I am now self-employed, travelling frequently, with trips up to three weeks long.
I'm considering adding a spare drive, so that I could replace a failed drive remotely if I am on the road (I use ssh tunneling to access the GUI and CLI when I am on the road). I've looked at the official docs, but a search for "spare" doens't turn up much of interest. Is there anything I should be aware of before I add a 4 TB spare drive to my FreeNAS system?
System specs:
- Motherboard: SuperMicro X10SL7-F
- CPU: Intel G3258
- RAM: 16G Crucial CT2KIT102472BD160B/CT2CP102472BD160B
- PSU: SeaSonic SSR-550RM
- Boot USB flash drives:
- San Disk Cruzer Fit Usb Flash Drive 16 GB
- Kingston 16GB DT Microduo 3C
- Hard drives: 5 x Western Digital Red 4 TB in RAIDZ2