From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: RAID5 in sync does not populate slots sequentially, shows array as (somewhat) faulty Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:34:47 -0500 Message-ID: <47CC44C7.1040304@tmr.com> References: <47CBD62E.7040608@rabbit.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47CBD62E.7040608@rabbit.us> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Peter Rabbitson Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Peter Rabbitson wrote: > Hello, > > Noticing the problems Tor Vestb=C3=B8 is having, I remembered that I = have=20 > an array in a similar state, which I never figured out. The array has= =20 > been working flawlessly for 3 months, the monthly 'check' runs come=20 > back with everything being clean. However this is how the array looks= =20 > through mdadm's eyes: I'm in agreement that something is odd about the disk numbers here, and= =20 I'm suspicious because I have never seen this with 0.90 superblocks.=20 That doesn't mean it couldn't happen and I never noticed, it's certainl= y=20 odd that four drives wouldn't be numbered 0..3, in raid5 they are all=20 equally out of sync. --=20 Bill Davidsen "Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will stil= l be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark=20 -- 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