On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Nomen Nescio <nob...@dizum.com> wrote:
> Hello Bob! Thanks for the reply. I was thinking about going with a 3 way
> mirror and a hot spare. But I don't think I can upgrade to larger drives
> unless I do it all at once, is that correct?
Why keep one out as a Hot Spare ? If you have another zpool and
the Hot Spare will be shared, that makes sense. If the drive is
powered on and spinning, I don't see any downside to making it a 4-way
mirror instead of 3-way + HS.
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