Amsoil_Jim
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currently I have 6 3TB WD reds in a pool in my 24 bay server. I just bought 6 WD 10TB drives that I want to add.
I’m pretty sure the 3TB drives are setup in raidz1. I know you can’t just expand the pool by adding the drives.
Can I create another vdev with the 10TB drives in raidz1 and add it too the pool? Or does that not work either because the original vdev was created using the 3TB drives?
I know another option is to swap out the 3TB drives one at a time with the 10’s and resilver them but then do I just create the second vdev using the 3 TB drives?
Just trying to figure this out and have the most usable space.
I’m pretty sure the 3TB drives are setup in raidz1. I know you can’t just expand the pool by adding the drives.
Can I create another vdev with the 10TB drives in raidz1 and add it too the pool? Or does that not work either because the original vdev was created using the 3TB drives?
I know another option is to swap out the 3TB drives one at a time with the 10’s and resilver them but then do I just create the second vdev using the 3 TB drives?
Just trying to figure this out and have the most usable space.