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Current setup contains 2x 4TB, 1x 3TB, 1x2TB, 1x1TB. All drives are flying solo without any sort of array pool. I am manually mirroring folders of data across the drives so that everything important to me has a second copy on a separate drive. I want to create a more robust and efficient system, I think using a RaidZ2 array is the best option. The plan is to buy another 2x 4TB hard drives, and a SATA controller card (link). I will move the 2TB and 3TB drives to the controller card ports, and join them into a JBOD pool. The 4x 4TB drives I want to form into a RaidZ2 array.
I believe If I want to include the two 4TB drives I currently have into the 4x 4TB drive pool I create, will I lose all the data on those 4TB drives. If that is the case, what is the best way to accomplish my goal?
Current setup contains 2x 4TB, 1x 3TB, 1x2TB, 1x1TB. All drives are flying solo without any sort of array pool. I am manually mirroring folders of data across the drives so that everything important to me has a second copy on a separate drive. I want to create a more robust and efficient system, I think using a RaidZ2 array is the best option. The plan is to buy another 2x 4TB hard drives, and a SATA controller card (link). I will move the 2TB and 3TB drives to the controller card ports, and join them into a JBOD pool. The 4x 4TB drives I want to form into a RaidZ2 array.
I believe If I want to include the two 4TB drives I currently have into the 4x 4TB drive pool I create, will I lose all the data on those 4TB drives. If that is the case, what is the best way to accomplish my goal?