Re: [zfs-discuss] uneven usage between raidz2 devices in storage pool

2009-11-20 Thread Erin
All new writes will be spread across the 3 vdevs. Existing data stays where it is for reading, but if you update it, those writes will be balanced across all 3 vdevs. If you are mostly concerned with write performance, you don't have to do anything. Regards, Eric The issue that we

[zfs-discuss] uneven usage between raidz2 devices in storage pool

2009-11-19 Thread Erin
We had an existing zfs storage pool comprised of 2 raidz2 devices (or arrays) and we just added a 3rd raidz2 device of equal size to the first two. While making use of the extra capacity is mindlessly simple, we also want to take advantage of the performance benefits. How do we spread the