Hi All,

 

Question here, and probably an issue as well..

My default file system for my disks is xfs encrypted (see attached screenshot).

But when I replaced a disk, whilst it did ask me to enter a password in the process, all my disks are not showing as xfs + encrypted. I assume that the file system column should represent that its encrypted?

Disk 1 was replaced in the following:



The goal is to eventually move to encrypted on all drives.

13 hours ago, ausca said:

But when I replaced a disk

When you replace at disk it can only be rebuilt with the previous filesystem, parity has no sense of filesystems, default filesystem setting applies to new disks.

On 1/13/2025 at 8:35 PM, JorgeB said:

When you replace at disk it can only be rebuilt with the previous filesystem, parity has no sense of filesystems, default filesystem setting applies to new disks.

Ah right. So once the array is created, you can't change the filesystem. Is the last statement there accurate? The interface today is a little confusing then. Surely the default disk encryption should be a property of the array then, not of your disk settings?

 

Is there any supported way without data loss to move to encryption?

Actually, take my previous comment back - reading your statement again: I can add NEW disks with encryption, but I can't replace old.

 

Still this question: is there any supported way without data loss to move to encryption? My array is now stored somewhere where it is technically possible someone could yank a disk or the whole array. (Whilst not high risk, it's a risk).

1 hour ago, ausca said:

Still this question: is there any supported way without data loss to move to encryption?

You can always change the file system for any array drive, but it involves reformatting it so any existing data is wiped so any contents needs first copying elsewhere to avoid data loss.