Re: RAID 5: weird size results after Grow

[Marko Berg <marko.berg@iki.fi>]

Corey Hickey wrote:
> Marko Berg wrote:
>> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>> Marko Berg wrote:
>>>> Any suggestions on how to fix this, or what to investigate next, 
>>>> would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>> I'm not sure what you're trying to "fix" here, everything you posted 
>>> looks sane.
>>
>> I'm trying to find the missing 300 GB that, as df reports, are not 
>> available. I ought to have a 900 GB array, consisting of four 300 GB 
>> devices, while only 600 GB are available. Adding the fourth device 
>> didn't increase the capacity of the array (visible, at least). E.g. 
>> fdisk reports the array size to be 900 G, but df still claims 600 
>> capacity. Any clues why?
>
> df reports the size of the filesystem, which is still about 600GB--the 
> filesystem doesn't resize automatically when the size of the 
> underlying device changes.
>
> You'll need to use resize2fs, resize_reiserfs, or whatever other tool 
> is appropriate for your type of filesystem.
>
> -Corey 

Right, so this isn't one of my sharpest days... Thanks a bunch, Corey!

-- 
Marko