Re: Drive Replacement

[Hugo Mills <hugo@carfax.org.uk>]

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On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 09:03:16AM +1100, Gareth Pye wrote:
> I've got a BTRFS array that is of mixed size disks:
> 2x750G
> 3x1.5T
> 3x3T
> And it's getting fuller than I'd like. The problem is that adding
> disks is harder than one would like as the computer only has 8 sata
> ports. Is it viable to do the following to upgrade one of the disks?
> 
> A) Take array offline
> B) DD the contents of one of the 750G drives to a new 3T drive
> C) Remove the 750G from the system
> D) btrfs scan
> E) Mount array
> F) Run a balance
> 
> I know that not physically removing the old copy of the drive will
> cause massive issues, but if I do that everything should be fine
> right?

   Yes. The one thing missing here is running 

# btrfs dev resize <devid>:max /mountpoint

on the new device between steps E and F to allow the FS to use the
full amount of the device. Otherwise, it'll still be the same size as
the original.

   Hugo.

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