From: Ramon Hofer <ramonhofer@bluewin.ch>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Enlarging device of linear array again (Thank you Stan!)
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:34:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160920213442.1559310f@hoferr-X240.hofer.rummelring> (raw)
Hi all
In 2012 this list - especially Stan Hoeppner - helped me setting up a
linear RAID containing four RAID5. Thank you so much again! It is still
working amazingly well :-D
Now I am at the point where I want to add more storage but have no more
slots. As discussed in 2013 I will replace four discs with partitions
from a larger HDD and add the remaining space to a new RAID5.
md2 should be replaced:
$ sudo mdadm -D /dev/md2
/dev/md2:
Version : 1.2
Creation Time : Sun Jun 17 20:08:48 2012
Raid Level : raid5
Array Size : 4395412224 (4191.79 GiB 4500.90 GB)
Used Dev Size : 1465137408 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Raid Devices : 4
Total Devices : 4
Persistence : Superblock is persistent
Update Time : Tue Sep 20 09:12:16 2016
State : clean
Active Devices : 4
Working Devices : 4
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Name : media-server:2 (local to host media-server)
UUID : 1c74447b:33070712:cfcfa5af:cbfea660
Events : 2449
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
0 8 64 0 active sync /dev/sde
1 8 80 1 active sync /dev/sdf
2 8 96 2 active sync /dev/sdg
4 8 112 3 active sync /dev/sdh
$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sd[efgh]
Disk /dev/sde: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00097014
Disk /dev/sdf: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0007694c
Disk /dev/sdg: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000da169
Disk /dev/sdh: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000beebc
$ sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sd[efgh]
/dev/sde:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 1.2
Feature Map : 0x0
Array UUID : 1c74447b:33070712:cfcfa5af:cbfea660
Name : media-server:2 (local to host media-server)
Creation Time : Sun Jun 17 20:08:48 2012
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 4
Avail Dev Size : 2930275120 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Array Size : 4395412224 (4191.79 GiB 4500.90 GB)
Used Dev Size : 2930274816 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Data Offset : 2048 sectors
Super Offset : 8 sectors
Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=304 sectors
State : clean
Device UUID : 270f29c9:0a36cd7a:27324b70:7f4e929b
Update Time : Tue Sep 20 09:12:16 2016
Checksum : dc24915c - correct
Events : 2449
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Device Role : Active device 0
Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
/dev/sdf:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 1.2
Feature Map : 0x0
Array UUID : 1c74447b:33070712:cfcfa5af:cbfea660
Name : media-server:2 (local to host media-server)
Creation Time : Sun Jun 17 20:08:48 2012
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 4
Avail Dev Size : 2930275120 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Array Size : 4395412224 (4191.79 GiB 4500.90 GB)
Used Dev Size : 2930274816 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Data Offset : 2048 sectors
Super Offset : 8 sectors
Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=304 sectors
State : clean
Device UUID : fe2fffdc:6d072a9d:87757913:ae7365db
Update Time : Tue Sep 20 09:12:16 2016
Checksum : f558ec26 - correct
Events : 2449
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Device Role : Active device 1
Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
/dev/sdg:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 1.2
Feature Map : 0x0
Array UUID : 1c74447b:33070712:cfcfa5af:cbfea660
Name : media-server:2 (local to host media-server)
Creation Time : Sun Jun 17 20:08:48 2012
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 4
Avail Dev Size : 2930275120 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Array Size : 4395412224 (4191.79 GiB 4500.90 GB)
Used Dev Size : 2930274816 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Data Offset : 2048 sectors
Super Offset : 8 sectors
Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=304 sectors
State : clean
Device UUID : f27f55c2:f66f5fe9:02943932:2cf47cca
Update Time : Tue Sep 20 09:12:16 2016
Checksum : 34bc439e - correct
Events : 2449
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Device Role : Active device 2
Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
/dev/sdh:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 1.2
Feature Map : 0x0
Array UUID : 1c74447b:33070712:cfcfa5af:cbfea660
Name : media-server:2 (local to host media-server)
Creation Time : Sun Jun 17 20:08:48 2012
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 4
Avail Dev Size : 2930275120 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Array Size : 4395412224 (4191.79 GiB 4500.90 GB)
Used Dev Size : 2930274816 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)
Data Offset : 2048 sectors
Super Offset : 8 sectors
Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=304 sectors
State : clean
Device UUID : 642511df:7f5d1022:a1b40e7b:6ebd37c6
Update Time : Tue Sep 20 09:12:16 2016
Checksum : ceb8c19b - correct
Events : 2449
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Device Role : Active device 3
Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
I hope to simply do the following steps:
## Replace old disk with new partitions
# Step 1: Create partitions on disk
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sde
create 1465137408 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB) partition and a second on
with the rest
# Step 2: Replace old disk with new partition
$ sudo mdadm --manage /dev/md4 --add /dev/sde1
# Step 3: Wait until rebuilt
# Step 4: Repeat steps 1-3 for /dev/sd[fgh]
## Add new partitions
# Step 5: Create new Raid5
sudo mdadm -C /dev/md5 -c 128 -n4 -l5 /dev/sd[efgh]2
# Step 6: Add new Raid5 to linear
sudo mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --add /dev/md5
# Step 7: Grow filesystem
sudo xfs_growfs /mnt/media-raid
I am using 4 TB WD red to replace the 1.5 TB disks.
Do you think this could work?
Are there any pitfalls?
Should I unmount the array to perform all these steps? It might be
safer since there is no redundancy during the replacement?
I just wanted to check first before making any mistakes. Instead of
maybe afterwards asking for help recovering my data :-P
Best regards,
Ramon
next reply other threads:[~2016-09-20 19:34 UTC|newest]
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2016-09-20 19:34 Ramon Hofer [this message]
2016-09-20 21:52 ` Enlarging device of linear array again (Thank you Stan!) Wols Lists
2016-09-20 23:06 ` Ramon Hofer
2016-09-21 0:01 ` Adam Goryachev
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