SOLVED Possible to use zfs-pool while 1/2 drives has been RMA'ed and awaiting replacement?

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Heigre

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Build: FreeNAS-11.1-U4
Drives: Seagate IronWolf 4 TB
Number of drives in zfs pool: 2
Pool type: Mirrored

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One of my two drives needs to be RMA'ed. The two drives are mirrored in a ZFS-pool.
It it possible to remove the faulty drive (putting the faulty drive into offline and disconnect it), and then use the pool (without redundancy) until I receive my new drive?
I assume it will just run in a degraded state, but earlier I've only tried replacing a faulty drive right away with a new one, then add the new drive to the pool before accessing it. Better ask here before I do something regrettable.


Thanks!
 

kdragon75

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Yes it will work "fine" however if ANYTHING goes wrong with the remaining drive your data goes bye bye. If you have an urgent need, go for it. If it's just a matter of convenience wait until the new drive arrives. At this point it will run its just a matter of the level of risk you are comfortable with.
 
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