FreeBSD and large harddrives

[Andy Wodfer]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Peter <fbsdq at peterk.org> wrote:

> I tend to stay away from raid cards.  With ZFS pools all you need is ZFS
> and any OS [easily move drives around servers], vs. raid cards have to be
> the same if moving/replacing/card fails.
>
> With 'ZFS: do not give it all your HDD'
> [ http://www.freebsddiary.org/zfs-with-gpart.php ]
> You don't even need to have drives that are exactly the same.
>
> Completely not tied to any hardware....
>

Wow! I'm learning more and more and I'm really beginning to like ZFS!

Question: What happens if 1 drive out of say 4 fails in a pool? And what
about hotswapping a (faulty) drive? Is this still possible with ZFS? Can I
actually replace a Raid 5 setup with a ZFS settup and have the same data
security if drives fail?'

Cheers,
Andy