Adding a new "stripe" refers to adding a new top level raidz vdev to
the pool. Instead of adding a single disk to an existing raidz
grouping (which isn't going to buy you much in the first place), you
add a new raidz group. Here's an example using simple file vdevs:
zion:~ root# zpool create raider raidz /var/root/vdev1 /var/root/
vdev2 /var/root/vdev3
zion:~ root# zpool status
pool: raider
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
raider ONLINE 0 0 0
raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev1 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev2 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev3 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
Now add a new raidz stripe to the raider pool:
zion:~ root# zpool add raider raidz /var/root/vdev4 /var/root/vdev5 /
var/root/vdev6
zion:~ root# zpool status raider
pool: raider
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
raider ONLINE 0 0 0
raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev1 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev2 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev3 ONLINE 0 0 0
raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev4 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev5 ONLINE 0 0 0
/var/root/vdev6 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
For more info and examples, you can also check out:
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/zfsadmin.pdf
Noel
On Jul 31, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Ryan Rhodes wrote:
>> You just have to add a stripe at a time rather than a
>> single disk at a time.
>>
>> Adam
>
> What does it mean to "add a stripe"? Does that mean I can add one
> disk or do I have to add two disks?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ryan
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