Hello,
I'm getting a second FreeNAS box and will re-purpose my current one to serve as an offsite backup.
The current box runs 8 x 4TB disks in a raidz2 on FreeNAS 9.10, the new box will be running 8 x 8TB disks in raidz2 on FreeNAS 11.
I plan on having the two boxes in one physical location to set everything up and do the initial replication.
What would be the best way to proceed with this? Any pitfalls/gotchas?
My current thinking:
- burn in new box
- set up FreeNAS 11 on new box
- start a one-time replication from current to new box
- once data is replicated to new box, re-setup current box with FreeNAS 11
- set up replication from new box to backup box and let replication complete
Any advice on the zpool setup for the backup box?
Thank you!
I'm getting a second FreeNAS box and will re-purpose my current one to serve as an offsite backup.
The current box runs 8 x 4TB disks in a raidz2 on FreeNAS 9.10, the new box will be running 8 x 8TB disks in raidz2 on FreeNAS 11.
I plan on having the two boxes in one physical location to set everything up and do the initial replication.
What would be the best way to proceed with this? Any pitfalls/gotchas?
My current thinking:
- burn in new box
- set up FreeNAS 11 on new box
- start a one-time replication from current to new box
- once data is replicated to new box, re-setup current box with FreeNAS 11
- set up replication from new box to backup box and let replication complete
Any advice on the zpool setup for the backup box?
Thank you!