From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Swapping out for larger disks Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 16:43:02 +0400 Message-ID: <46407056.8000607@wasp.net.au> References: <464055F5.2090108@wasp.net.au> <46406093.2080205@dgreaves.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46406093.2080205@dgreaves.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Greaves Cc: RAID Linux List-Id: linux-raid.ids David Greaves wrote: >> I was more wondering about the feasibility of using dd to copy the drive >> contents to the larger drives (then I could do 5 at a time) and working >> it from there. > Err, if you can dd the drives, why can't you create a new array and use xfsdump > or equivalent? Is downtime due to copying that bad? I can only do 5 at a time. (10 slots, 5 source - 5 destination). I'm not worried about the downtime so much as the constant swapping of disks. This way I can do it in 2 or 3 blocks at most. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams