[OpenIndiana-discuss] Harddisk > 2TB

[Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)]

> From: Ulrich Hagen [mailto:OpenIndiana-discuss at uhagen.de]
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 7:58 AM
> 
> My plan is now to buy an IBM ServeRAID-M1015 controller, flash it with
> LSI IT firmware, and use that one instead.
> 
> Now my question: Can I keep my pool intact? I want to do this as
> follows:
> 1 - Export the pool, power off the computer
> 2 - Remove the SASUC81, insert the M1015
> 3 - Power on the computer, import the pool.
> 4 - See that the pool's capacity has grown by about 5.4 TiB
> (It is a RAIDZ2, and yes, I know that eight HDs is not an ideal size
> for that.)

Don't bank on it.  But the good news is, it really might work.  And if it doesn't work, most likely it won't cause any harm (simply the pool won't be found during attempted import).  

Just don't bank on it anyway.  Make a backup if you care.