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I am new to FreeNAS so I am asking a quick question of the experts. I have searched through this forum but not found exactly the answers I was looking for.
I have FreeNAS 11 running 2x4tb WD Red Drives in a mirror. The system is basically a media server and carries all my media. I also have an SSD that carries my jails etc.
I have now got a another new WD 4tb Red drive and was thinking to use it in the pool. However, you can't extend the pool but basically I will have to destroy the pool and start again. All my data is backed up so that's not an issue. The jails are separate so again, no problems. The system dataset is stored on the media mirror but I can change that to the SSD via the GUI so again no problem (unless anybody advises me differently). So my questions are :
- Is it worth destroying and creating a new pool with the 3 x4tb drives (the extra space would be useful to future proof the system)
- What array should I use. From the forum reading I was thinking Raidz2?
Any help or comments are greatly appreciated.
I have FreeNAS 11 running 2x4tb WD Red Drives in a mirror. The system is basically a media server and carries all my media. I also have an SSD that carries my jails etc.
I have now got a another new WD 4tb Red drive and was thinking to use it in the pool. However, you can't extend the pool but basically I will have to destroy the pool and start again. All my data is backed up so that's not an issue. The jails are separate so again, no problems. The system dataset is stored on the media mirror but I can change that to the SSD via the GUI so again no problem (unless anybody advises me differently). So my questions are :
- Is it worth destroying and creating a new pool with the 3 x4tb drives (the extra space would be useful to future proof the system)
- What array should I use. From the forum reading I was thinking Raidz2?
Any help or comments are greatly appreciated.
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