From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David C. Rankin" Subject: Re: Help with degraded array Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:21:51 -0600 Message-ID: <52AF8B0F.4040800@suddenlinkmail.com> References: <52AC351E.5050709@suddenlinkmail.com> <52ACA2A0.4060405@suddenlinkmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: mdraid List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 12/14/2013 06:34 PM, Alex wrote: > I ran a short (which succeeded) then a long (which also succeeded) > test on /dev/sdc. > > I realized that /dev/sdc2 is a non-raid partition mounted as /boot, so > it can't be checked. > > This box is in a remote datacenter. Still think it's okay to boot remotely? > > Thanks, > Alex Alex, I think the drive is fine. It looks like a momentary hiccup (bad block/cylinder, etc..) If it smartctl tested OK, then there is no reason to think it dying/dead. You can always just stop the array and then attempt to start (--assemble) it before you reboot. That is probably a conservative approach to take before reboot. Of course things can always go haywire and fail, but I have boxes I manage remotely and routinely reboot without issues. It obviously booted fine with the reassignment of sda->sdc occurred. Good luck. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.