Expanding pool that already has 2 raidz2 vdev 6 hdd x20TB with 2 more vdev 6 hdd x 24TB

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I need to expand my storage, I currently have ca 140TB (80% full). It consists of one pool with two VDEVs, each 6x20TB Seagate Exos HDD, raidz2.
I wonder if there will be problematic or just fine to add another 2 VDEV with 6x 24TB Seadate Exos HDD, raidz2.
I would prefer to expand the current pool because maintaining more shares will be quite a lot of extra work, Is it ok to expand my current pool with the new VDEVs?

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It’d be just fine.

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Yes, you can always add vdevs to a pool.

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Thank you!
Just another question, do I add one Vdev at a time or both at the same time?

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As you wish.

Adding vdev is not the now increasingly infamous “raidz vdev expansion”.

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Thank you all! It worked well.
Before I added the new Vdev’s to the pool I did a checkpoint of my pool:
sudo zpool checkpoint <pool-name>
and then after a day when I saw that everything was ok I deleted the checkpoint.
Checkpoints are well described here: ZFS Pool "Checkpoints": They work just like seatbelts! (Not really)

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@winnielinnie will be proud of you.