From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Robinson Subject: Re: Bitmap did not survive reboot Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:31:43 +0000 Message-ID: <4AFA847F.1070301@anonymous.org.uk> References: <20091111085333854.MDRZ6968@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20091111085333854.MDRZ6968@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Leslie Rhorer Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 11/11/2009 08:53, Leslie Rhorer wrote: [...] > It took me less than 3 minutes total to implement the explicit mount > routine on both servers, and unless someone can give me either a much better > solution or a solid reason I should not take this approach The only problem I can see is that your bitmap is not on a RAID device so if the disc goes you lose the bitmap. I guess you're accepting the risk of downtime anyway because your filesystem root is on a non-RAID device, but while you can (as I think you've said before) replace the boot disc quickly, you're exposing yourself to a long, slow resync which will increase your downtime by perhaps days... Cheers, John.