How to resize ZFS in FreeNAS

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Gerard

One of the frequently asked questions regarding ZFS. Is it possible to resize a RAIDZ, RAIDZ2 or MIRRORED ZPOOL?

The answer is a littlebit complicated…
If you want to change the ‘geometry’ of the ZPOOL (for example: change from a mirrored pool to a raidz, or simply add a disk to a raidz, or change from raidz to raidz2) then the answer is no.

But it is possible to change the disks of a pool with bigger ones and use the space.

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2 Responses to How to resize ZFS in FreeNAS

  1. Pingback: How to resize ZFS in FreeNAS | BSD News

  2. harryd71 says:
    February 27, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    I’ve written a new post regarding the resize of a zpool.

    Regards,

    harryd

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