From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Subject: Re: Expanding array with multiple devices Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:14:28 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <27995698.14.1362251668611.JavaMail.root@zimbra> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Abrahamsson Cc: Oliver Schinagl , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Phil Turmel List-Id: linux-raid.ids > > I agree. And the file copy to the raid5 would almost certainly run > > faster than any raid6 with "missing". Then the reshape is one > > operation > > to both expand the drive count and switch to raid6. >=20 > If he's running 2.6.32 that option isn't available (if I remember > correctly). Since he didn't disclose what mdadm and kernel version he > was running, I suggested the safest path that works on most kernels a= nd > mdadm versions. You're right. If he's on Ubuntu Lucid, that should be solvable with an = upgrade to Precise with "do-release-upgrade", which has been stable for= some time. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 roy@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt.= Det er et element=C3=A6rt imperativ for alle pedagoger =C3=A5 unng=C3=A5= eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilf= eller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer p=C3=A5 norsk. -- 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