From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: thunder7@xs4all.nl Subject: Re: not resyncing after power cut. Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:03:25 +0200 Message-ID: <20070521200324.GB21027@amd64.of.nowhere> References: <215ff4410705210808g779ba32dhee018f0bd81382d8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <215ff4410705210808g779ba32dhee018f0bd81382d8@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Chris Fanning Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids =46rom: Chris Fanning Date: Mon, May 21, 2007 at 05:08:47PM +0200 > Hi, >=20 > I've got a couple of doubts. >=20 > Since more than a year ago I setup mdadm raid1 on new instalations > (thanks for your work). > On the older machines, mdadm -D shows them in a dirty state. I know > that this is/was as expected. If there is a power cut, the machine > boots and a dirty array is resynced, =BFright? >=20 > On newer installations, mdadm -D shows arrays in a clean state. I had > always thought that this was ok becuase I'd read somewhere that the > term 'dirty' was causing confusion and it got changed. > So, state: clean, is what I should expect? >=20 If the newer machines have bitmaps on, the resync is generally faster than finishing booting - so when you can log in, the array is clean again. Do they use bitmaps? Kind regards, Jurriaan --=20 Look - either dualism sucks, or it doesn't. Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.21-mm2 2x4021 bogomips load load 3.73 the Jack Vance Integral Edition: http://www.integralarchive.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html