In another post I was strongly discouraged to try to go through the gymnastics of upgrading a mirror pool to an RAIDZ2 pool by adding two disks to the two-disk mirror I currently have. So, what about adding two new drives into the two empty bays of my four-bay and two more new drives into a docking…

[image] DominikHoffmann: two more new drives into a docking station connected through USB-3 Don’t do it :frowning: Like 3 posts in the last week or two with people unable to make pools on USB docks, long time known & unsupported. [image] Why you should avoid USB attac…

How to clone one pool to another

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DominikHoffmann January 9, 2026, 3:50am 3

Okay, trying with a new question involving pool replication.

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How to clone one pool to another

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