From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dexter Filmore Subject: Re: replace disk in raid5 without linux noticing? Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:23:30 +0200 Message-ID: <200604212023.30855.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> References: <200604191631.04305.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Shai Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Am Mittwoch, 19. April 2006 18:31 schrieb Shai: > On 4/19/06, Dexter Filmore wrote: > > Let's say a disk in an array starts yielding smart errors but is still > > functional. > > So instead of waiting for it to fail completely and start a sync and > > stress the other disks, could I clone that disk to a fresh one, put the > > array offline and replace the disk? > > Hi, > > Why can't you just mark that drive as failed, remove it and hotadd a > new drive to replace the failed drive? Well, resync stresses the other disks a lot. If that can be avoided, I'd rather do so. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C+++(++++) UL+>++++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS++(+) PE(-) Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D G++ e* h>++ r%>* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.stop1984.com http://www.againsttcpa.com