Comment by stavros Comment by stavros 5 days ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Is that the case? What if I expand a 3-1 array to 3-2? Won't the old blocks remain 3-1?
Copy Link Timshel 5 days ago Collapse Comment - I don't believe it supports adding parity drives only data drives. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link stavros 5 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Ahh interesting, thanks. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link bmicraft 5 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link stavros 5 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Ahh interesting, thanks. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link bmicraft 5 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link bmicraft 5 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 0 replies
I don't believe it supports adding parity drives only data drives.