I lost track if this rfe was posted yet:
5097228 provide 'zpool split' to create new pool...
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5097228
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Mark J Musante writes:
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Constantin Gonzalez Schmitz wrote:
>
> > So, instead of detaching, would unplugging, then detaching work?
>
> I don't see why that couldn't work. The original question of striped
> mirrors would be similar:
>
> - zpool create tank mirror <dev1> <dev2> mirror <dev3> <dev4>
> - {physically move <dev2> and <dev4> to new box}
> - zpool detach <dev2>
> - zpool detach <dev4>
>
> On the new box:
> - zpool import tank
> - zpool detach <dev1>
> - zpool detach <dev3>
>
>
> > Thinking along similar lines, would it be a useful RFE to allow
> > asynchronous mirroring like this:
> >
> > - <dev1>, <dev2> are both 250GB, <dev3> is 500GB
> > - zpool create tank mirror <dev1>,<dev2> <dev3>
>
> That's an interesting idea. Of course, you could do that today by
> splitting <dev3> into two 250gb partitions. An RFE to make it easier to
> do these kind of 'sneakernet' backups might worth filing.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> markm
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