Re: Requesting replace mode for changing a disk

Goswin von Brederlow
2009-05-10T07:02:24Z

"Guy Watkins" <linux-raid@watkins-home.com> writes:

> If the disk is suspect, I would expect read errors!
> If you have 1 bad block on the suspect disk, this process will fail.
> If the logic was built-in to md, then any read errors while replacing could
> be recovered from another disk or disks.

That is actualy a good point. I didn't even think of that.

It would require a true replace mode in all raid levels though and not
just internally starting a raid1.

MfG
Goswin