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From: "Marc" <linux-raid@liquid-nexus.net>
To: JaniD++ <djani22@dynamicweb.hu>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: where is the spare drive? :-)
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:16:08 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060105061133.M54165@liquid-nexus.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <02a801c60f2a$de619ce0$a400a8c0@dcccs>

On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 00:26:58 +0100, JaniD++ wrote
> Hello, list,
> 
> I found something interesting when i try to create a brand new array 
> on brand new drives....
> 

<snip>

> 5. The question
> 
> Why shows sdh2 as spare?
> The MD array size is correct.
> And i really can see, the all drive is reading, and sdh2 is *ONLY* writing.
> 

I'm not 100% sure but from a post by Neil a while a go on the list, the spare
device is a temporary construct created during the resync operation. Once the
resync is complete it should disappear. 

You could try searching the list archives for the post - choice of keywords is
up to you ;)

Regards,
Marc


  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-05  6:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-01 23:26 where is the spare drive? :-) JaniD++
2006-01-05  6:16 ` Marc [this message]
2006-01-05 11:06   ` JaniD++
2006-01-12  3:07 ` Neil Brown
2006-01-12  9:11   ` JaniD++

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