jkingaround
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Semi-complicated situation here so please bear with me.
I have a 4U server with 24 bays / drives. running TrueNAS-12.0-U7 with 3 pools split as follows:
- Pool1: 8 x 8tb
- Pool2: 8 x 4tb
- Pool3: 8 x 4tb
Now, I'm in the process of buying new 8tb drives as replacements for the 4tb drives that fail or when 8tbs go on sale. This is so that when i have replaced all of the 4tbs with 8tbs the pool auto expands (i've done this to expand the size of Pool1 and created Pool3 w/ the replaced 4tbs to fill all my drive bays).
I replaced 2 additional 8tb drives into Pool2 and took 2 x 4tb OUT. All is good at this point and all is working as expected.
However, at some point in the middle of the night one of the 4tbs went offline but a few minutes later i get another email saying the alert had cleared itself. However, something got screwed up and one of the 8tb jumped to Pool3 (genuinely have no idea how this happened). So now I have 1 8tb each in Pool2 and Pool3, where I really want 2 x 8tb in a single pool so it can expand.
so currently:
- Pool2: 7 x 4tb, 1x 8tb
- Pool3: 7 x 4tb, 1x 8tb
but i want this:
- Pool2: 6 x 4tb, 2 x 8tb
- Pool3: 8 x 4tb
I need to move the oddball 8tb over from Pool3 into Pool2, but I'm not sure the best way to do this. I do have old 4tb drives (on the verge of death) but I do not have any spare bays.
I get that this is confusing so please ask questions if anything needs clarification.
Thanks in advance.
I have a 4U server with 24 bays / drives. running TrueNAS-12.0-U7 with 3 pools split as follows:
- Pool1: 8 x 8tb
- Pool2: 8 x 4tb
- Pool3: 8 x 4tb
Now, I'm in the process of buying new 8tb drives as replacements for the 4tb drives that fail or when 8tbs go on sale. This is so that when i have replaced all of the 4tbs with 8tbs the pool auto expands (i've done this to expand the size of Pool1 and created Pool3 w/ the replaced 4tbs to fill all my drive bays).
I replaced 2 additional 8tb drives into Pool2 and took 2 x 4tb OUT. All is good at this point and all is working as expected.
However, at some point in the middle of the night one of the 4tbs went offline but a few minutes later i get another email saying the alert had cleared itself. However, something got screwed up and one of the 8tb jumped to Pool3 (genuinely have no idea how this happened). So now I have 1 8tb each in Pool2 and Pool3, where I really want 2 x 8tb in a single pool so it can expand.
so currently:
- Pool2: 7 x 4tb, 1x 8tb
- Pool3: 7 x 4tb, 1x 8tb
but i want this:
- Pool2: 6 x 4tb, 2 x 8tb
- Pool3: 8 x 4tb
I need to move the oddball 8tb over from Pool3 into Pool2, but I'm not sure the best way to do this. I do have old 4tb drives (on the verge of death) but I do not have any spare bays.
I get that this is confusing so please ask questions if anything needs clarification.
Thanks in advance.