From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: David Vuorio <vuorio@kth.se>
Subject: Re: Configure speed of checkarray in mdadm?
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 11:22:11 +0200
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David Vuorio wrote:
> When my monthly RAID check is triggered (I have two SATA disks in a
> RAID1 setup) it consumes a significant amount of resources, essentially
> freezing the system for the most part.

Hmm,

I had missed some vital parts of the md man page for some reason, and
apparently wasn't persistent enough in Googling either...

Well, /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_{min,max} should be enough for my
purposes. Problem solved, I guess.

Kind regards,

/David