I tried searching for answers and found a few similar threads but nothing matching my question exactly, but apologies if this is a duplicate post...
I have a 2012 R2 Essentials server which is nearly out of storage; the current setup is 4x 4 TB drives in a two-way mirror configuration with thin provisioning, which netted me 8 TB of storage in the pool. I'm down to around 1 TB free. This pool hosts many of our ServerFolders shares.
If it's possible, I'd like to replace each of my existing 4 TB drives with an 8 TB drive and expand the pool to 16 TB, whether automatically or by reconfiguring it. It's important to note that without moving to a new case or adding another external drive cage--neither of which do I want to do--I'm limited to 4 HDDs, hence my wish to replace each of the current drives with a larger model.
I can't seem to find an answer to this question anywhere... is it possible to do this?? To expand a Storage Space mirror pool by replacing individual drives one at a time?
Alternatively, if this isn't possible, if I create a new 4x 8 TB two-way mirror pool for the 16 TB of space I'm looking for, can I simply use robocopy to copy the contents of the current vdisk over to the new one, and then swap drive letters? Do I need to do any configuration beyond that to move everything to the new, larger pool? Or should I use the Essentials Dashboard to move the shares?
Also, I am only ever going to have one vdisk/volume in the pool. Ever. Is there any reason to stick with thin provisioning or would fixed/thick make more sense? I'm leaning toward the latter.
Thanks!
I have a 2012 R2 Essentials server which is nearly out of storage; the current setup is 4x 4 TB drives in a two-way mirror configuration with thin provisioning, which netted me 8 TB of storage in the pool. I'm down to around 1 TB free. This pool hosts many of our ServerFolders shares.
If it's possible, I'd like to replace each of my existing 4 TB drives with an 8 TB drive and expand the pool to 16 TB, whether automatically or by reconfiguring it. It's important to note that without moving to a new case or adding another external drive cage--neither of which do I want to do--I'm limited to 4 HDDs, hence my wish to replace each of the current drives with a larger model.
I can't seem to find an answer to this question anywhere... is it possible to do this?? To expand a Storage Space mirror pool by replacing individual drives one at a time?
Alternatively, if this isn't possible, if I create a new 4x 8 TB two-way mirror pool for the 16 TB of space I'm looking for, can I simply use robocopy to copy the contents of the current vdisk over to the new one, and then swap drive letters? Do I need to do any configuration beyond that to move everything to the new, larger pool? Or should I use the Essentials Dashboard to move the shares?
Also, I am only ever going to have one vdisk/volume in the pool. Ever. Is there any reason to stick with thin provisioning or would fixed/thick make more sense? I'm leaning toward the latter.
Thanks!