Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:41:28 -0500 From: Nick Gustas <freebsd-fs@tychl.net> To: Bryan Alves <bryanalves@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS resize disk vdev Message-ID: <493E9FB8.2090808@tychl.net> In-Reply-To: <92f477740812082155y3365bec7v5574206dd1a98e26@mail.gmail.com> References: <92f477740812082155y3365bec7v5574206dd1a98e26@mail.gmail.com>
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Bryan Alves wrote:
> I'm thinking about using a hardware raid array with ZFS, using a single disk
> vdev zpool. I want the ability to add/remove disks to an array, and I'm
> still unsure of the stability of zfs as a whole. I'm looking for an easy
> way to resize and manage disks that are greater than 2 terabytes.
>
> If I have a single block device, /dev/da0, on my system that is represented
> by a zfs disk vdev, and the size of this block device grows (because the
> underlying hardware raid expands), will zfs correctly expand? And will it
> correctly expand in place?
>
If you have ZFS on the raw da0 and not on partition, it will expand with
a zpool export/import or a reboot after the hardware is done expanding
the array. If you put ZFS on a partition, you'll first need to extend
the partition after the expansion finishes.
I have a friend running ZFS on a 24 port 3ware controller that has
expanded his system from a 4 disk raid-5 to a 17 disk raid-6, 1 to 2
disks at a time. Obviously he's well past 2TB at this point. Performance
isn't as good as it would be natively, but it's faster than needed and
the only option at the moment. No troubles yet other than a disk failure
or two, the system has been in use since Sep 2007.
> zpool status
pool: threeware
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
threeware ONLINE 0 0 0
da0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
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