From: Boyan Alexiev <alexiev@resonance.bg>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Backup file size when migrating from raid5 to raid6?
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:01:15 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20130717T145156-76@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAH-e9vLiK6=HmDjM=Ub7p_Lxrp_L0x1bkAa2oP=ykajqvtkfDQ@mail.gmail.com
If You have array with 9 devices and add another one You may at same time
grow array and change raid level. In this case You not need backup file.
Please try this:
mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=10 --level=6
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-17 13:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <CAH-e9vLTY2eo0p3ud5FaWNe_2f8hej0aitFuu8K0M1RZdObiXQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-05-06 10:17 ` Backup file size when migrating from raid5 to raid6? Garðar Arnarsson
2012-05-06 11:00 ` NeilBrown
[not found] ` <CAH-e9vJkrv2R-HTR7JfHwZK1sbYQ3fduGbtxEwtor4gtyd6PKQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-05-07 0:35 ` Garðar Arnarsson
2012-05-07 0:54 ` NeilBrown
2012-08-16 23:28 ` Thomas Fjellstrom
2012-08-17 0:39 ` NeilBrown
2012-08-17 0:45 ` Thomas Fjellstrom
2012-08-17 0:52 ` John Robinson
2013-07-17 13:01 ` Boyan Alexiev [this message]
2013-07-17 20:51 ` NeilBrown
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