From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cat@zip.com.au Subject: Re: RAID5 to RAID6 reshape? Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:54:32 +1100 Message-ID: <20080217235431.GA3915@lexx.weebeastie.net> References: <20080217150653.567bab75@szpak> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080217150653.567bab75@szpak> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Janek Kozicki Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 03:06:53PM +0100, Janek Kozicki wrote: > > Or would I be better off starting w/ 4 drives in RAID6? > > oh, right - Sevrin Robstad has a good idea to solve your problem - > create raid6 with one missing member. And add this member, when you > have it, next year or such. That's a most-cunning of plans. Would there be any downsides to this?