> The new 2tb disk you buy can very often be actually a few sectors > smaller then the disk you are trying to replace, this in turn will > lead to zfs not accepting the new disk as a replacement, because it's > smaller (no matter how small).
Heh - you are in for a pleasent surprise my friend! ;-) If you actually try this in practice you will find ZFS *does* accept a smaller drive as a replacement. Preseumably to cope with the natural variability in sector size that you describe. Surprised me too the first time I saw it... -pete. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"