climb2bhi
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My zpool is at 7.3 TB out of 10.2 usable. (18TB physical via 6x3TB RAIDZ2) And I have much more than the available 2.9TB of data that I would eventually like to put on my system. So obviously a expansion will be made this Winter via another 6x3TB Vdev to my zpool.
My questions are should I stop adding data now while the first Vdev is not at 99% to prevent problems and help things like scrubs, and prevent unhappy hard drives? And secondly when I add the new Vdev to the zpool will the data "equalize" creating more free space on the first Vdev and automatically filling 50% of it to the new Vdev? If not how full should I go on Vdev1 before I stop adding data, save money, and add Vdev2.
Thanks.
My questions are should I stop adding data now while the first Vdev is not at 99% to prevent problems and help things like scrubs, and prevent unhappy hard drives? And secondly when I add the new Vdev to the zpool will the data "equalize" creating more free space on the first Vdev and automatically filling 50% of it to the new Vdev? If not how full should I go on Vdev1 before I stop adding data, save money, and add Vdev2.
Thanks.