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Subject: [Discuss] RAID-Z question
From: gordon.w.ross at gmail.com (Gordon Ross)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 20:24:51 -0500
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On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed,
>
> Is RAID-Z size permanently fixed at creation time? ?Say that I have a 1TB disk in a 4-disk RAID-Z pool. ?I fault it and replace it with a 2TB disk. ?Will the RAID-Z use the new capacity?
>
> --Rich P.

Assuming you're asking about ZFS (RAID-Z)...
It will use the increased capacity if and when all the drives are
replaced with larger ones.

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