From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 17 23:07:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 954B7993 for ; Sun, 17 May 2015 23:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SNT004-OMC4S15.hotmail.com (snt004-omc4s15.hotmail.com [65.55.90.218]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66FEC1A7D for ; Sun, 17 May 2015 23:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SNT146-W47 ([65.55.90.199]) by SNT004-OMC4S15.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.22751); Sun, 17 May 2015 16:06:26 -0700 X-TMN: [XTnLvV0N+w3rcUZPucBxoCvbf4LmhJBS] X-Originating-Email: [ricky1252@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: Ricky G To: Baho Utot CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: ZFS raidz Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 19:06:25 -0400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <5558E12C.1050106@columbus.rr.com> References: <5558E12C.1050106@columbus.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 May 2015 23:06:26.0241 (UTC) FILETIME=[19C48B10:01D090F6] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 23:07:33 -0000 > Can addtional drive(s) be added to it? additional vdevs can be added=2C additional drives can not be added to the = vdev after created > What are the downfalls if I add drives? Down sides would be only new data will be striped to the new vdev. The chan= ce of failure would increase due to more vdevs. =