Re: raid 5 question

["bo" <bo@sosnetwork.net>]

Is this URL right?

 " http://unthought.net/raidreconf)"

I could nto access it???

Bo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jakob Østergaard" <jakob@unthought.net>
To: "Marcus Schommer" <schommer@rdts.de>
Cc: <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: raid 5 question


> On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 10:47:05AM +0200, Marcus Schommer wrote:
> > hello,
> > is an existing raid5 array expandable in the way lvm is,
> > so that i can add a disk, repartition and expand the file system on it?
>
> Well, yes and no.
>
> raidreconf (http://unthought.net/raidreconf) will do what you are asking,
> so that makes it a "yes".  But the conversion can take considerable time
> (a full day or more is not unheard of) - since you should take a full
> backup of your system anyway, maybe the fastest solution would be to
> simply get the backup done, re-create the array, and restore.
>
> If your system has a lot of memory, it is possible that raidreconf is
> faster.
>
> In any case, I would be interested in hearing your experiences if you
> decide to try out raidreconf.
>
>
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