On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Michael Shadle <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > I currently have a 7x1.5tb raidz1. > > I want to add "phase 2" which is another 7x1.5tb raidz1 > > Can I add the second phase to the first phase and basically have two > raid5's striped (in raid terms?)
Yes, that's how it's done. > Yes, I probably should upgrade the zpool format too. Currently running > snv_104. Also should upgrade to 110. > > If that is possible, would anyone happen to have the simple command > lines to do it quick? I assume I'd be creating another raidz1 and then > somehow growing the "tank" zpool? zpool add tank raidz1 disk_1 disk_2 disk_3 ... (The syntax is just like creating a pool, only with add instead of create.) > Does this make sense, or is this stupid from a performance > perspective? Should I just have two separate zpools? Ideally I would > like to have one massive data storage target. It makes perfect sense. My thumpers have a number of raidz vdevs combined into a single pool. Your performance scales with the number of vdevs, and its better to combine them into a single pool as you combine the performance. Generally, unless you want different behaviour from different pools, it's easier to combine them. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss