hungarianhc
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Hi there!
I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on getting parts for a FreeNAS build to replace my Synology + MiniPC (Plex Server) combo. However, I wanted to discuss upgrading from 4TB to 6TB drives, once available / supported.
I plan on creating a vdev of Raid-Z2, with 4 disks. With current 4Tb RED drives, that would give me 8TB of usable space. I'm currently running a Raid-5 like system on my Synology with single disk redundancy and 3 4TB disks (also 8TB usable space). I know that the only way to grow a vdev is to swap out all of the drives for larger ones. That's what I think I would like to do...
I'm a bit over half full on my 8TB usable space Synology system. I don't expect it to grow rapidly, but I would like more space. My thinking is that if I build a 4 drive Raid-Z2 FreeNAS box with 4TB drives, I'll have 8TB of space. Once the 6TB drives come out, I'll swap out every drive on the box, and that should give me 12TB usable space with dual disk redundancy on 4 drives.
How easy is it to do this? THANKS!
I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on getting parts for a FreeNAS build to replace my Synology + MiniPC (Plex Server) combo. However, I wanted to discuss upgrading from 4TB to 6TB drives, once available / supported.
I plan on creating a vdev of Raid-Z2, with 4 disks. With current 4Tb RED drives, that would give me 8TB of usable space. I'm currently running a Raid-5 like system on my Synology with single disk redundancy and 3 4TB disks (also 8TB usable space). I know that the only way to grow a vdev is to swap out all of the drives for larger ones. That's what I think I would like to do...
I'm a bit over half full on my 8TB usable space Synology system. I don't expect it to grow rapidly, but I would like more space. My thinking is that if I build a 4 drive Raid-Z2 FreeNAS box with 4TB drives, I'll have 8TB of space. Once the 6TB drives come out, I'll swap out every drive on the box, and that should give me 12TB usable space with dual disk redundancy on 4 drives.
How easy is it to do this? THANKS!