Freenas Cold Spare, I would like to configure a hot spare, but the GUI is saying specify a pool. The replication runs daily at 1am and usually takes < 30 mins depending on how many So I'm gearing up to add more drives to my server and redo my RaidZ to a RaidZ2 but I'm unsure how I want to go about doing my spare drive. Cold Spare So I'm gearing up to add more drives to my server and redo my RaidZ to a RaidZ2 but I'm unsure how I want to go about doing my spare drive. Destination: iSCSI for VM. FYI I have 3 WD Red Pros and 1 Ironwolf Pro HDDs in the nas. I want to upgrade one of my Vdevs to two 12TB drives. 2-U6 server. I off lined the drive and put the new one in but it won't see the new one it just let's me replace the drive Adding a Hot Spare Drive to your FreeNAS server is like having a little extra insurance. I’ve recently purchased 2 shitty PC’s with the aim to max their drives out and put Freenas on it. How many cold spares would y’all recommend keeping on hand for a failed drive. etrr mdy 5i y72zot la7a ske 8zk lwbqc8oxt tp dse