Re: RAID5 fill up?

[Lars Schimmer <l.schimmer@cgv.tugraz.at>]

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Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Lars Schimmer wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I´ve got a software RAiD5 with 6 250GB HDs.
>> Now I changed one disk after another to a 400GB HD and resynced the
>> raid5 after each change.
>> Now the RAID5 has got 6 400GB HDs and still uses only 6*250GB space.
>> How can I grow the md0 device to use 6*400GB?
> 
> mdadm --grow is your friend.

Oh, damn, right. I was focussed on --grow to add a new HD to the RAID....
But isn´t there a switch to grow to max possible value?
Do I always have to search for the biggest value and type it in by hand?

> /mjt
> 


MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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