Re: [zfs-discuss] How much do we really want zpool remove?

[Wade . Stuart]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/18/2007 01:29:23 PM:

> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:51 -0800, Matthew Ahrens wrote:
> > Jeremy Teo wrote:
> > > On the issue of the ability to remove a device from a zpool, how
> > > useful/pressing is this feature? Or is this more along the line of
> > > "nice to have"?
> >
> > This is a pretty high priority.  We are working on it.
> >
> > --matt
>
> I'd consider it a lower priority than say, adding a drive to a RAIDZ
> vdev, but yes, being able to reduce a zpool's size by removing devices
> is quite useful, as it adds a considerable degree of flexibility that
> (we) admins crave.
>

I would be surprised if much of the code to allow removal does not bring
device adds closer to reality -- assuming device removal migrates data and
resilvers to optimal stripe online..

-Wade

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