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		stavros 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ZFS 2.3 released with ZFS raidz expansion Is that the case? What if I expand a 3-1 array to 3-2? Won't the old blocks remain 3-1?

Timshel 7 months ago [–]

I don't believe it supports adding parity drives only data drives.

stavros 7 months ago | [–]

Ahh interesting, thanks.

bmicraft 7 months ago | | [–]

Since preexisting blocks are kept at their current parity ratio and not modified (only redistributed among all devices), increasing the parity level of new blocks won't really be useful in practice anyway.

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