[zfs-discuss] Adding to zpool: would failure of one device destroy all data?

2008-01-02 Thread Austin
I didn't find any clear answer in the documentation, so here it goes: I've got a 4-device RAIDZ array in a pool. I then add another RAIDZ array to the pool. If one of the arrays fails, would all the data on the array be lost, or would it be like disc spanning, and only the data on the failed

Re: [zfs-discuss] Adding to zpool: would failure of one device destroy all data?

2008-01-02 Thread Wee Yeh Tan
Your data will be striped across both vdevs after you add the 2nd vdev. In any case, failure of one stripe device will result in the loss of the entire pool. I'm not sure, however, if there is anyway vm recover any data from surviving vdevs. On 1/2/08, Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't