From: Pim Zandbergen <P.Zandbergen@macroscoop.nl>
To: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: freshly grown array shrinks after first reboot - major data loss
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:44:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E5FC495.7070909@macroscoop.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E5FB350.3040905@redhat.com>
On 09/01/2011 06:31 PM, Doug Ledford wrote:
> Why is your raid metadata using this old version? mdadm-3.2.2-6.fc15
> will not create this version of raid array by default. There is a
> reason we have updated to a new superblock.
As you may have seen, the array was created in 2006, and has gone through
several similar grow procedures.
> Does this problem still occur if you use a newer superblock format
> (one of the version 1.x versions)?
I suppose not. But that would destroy the "evidence" of a possible bug.
For me, it's too late, but finding it could help others to prevent this
situation.
If there's anything I could do to help find it, now is the time.
If the people on this list know enough, I will proceed.
Thanks,
Pim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-01 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-01 15:28 freshly grown array shrinks after first reboot - major data loss Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 16:12 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 16:16 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 16:48 ` John Robinson
2011-09-01 17:21 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-02 9:02 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-02 10:33 ` Mikael Abrahamsson
2011-09-05 10:47 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 16:31 ` Doug Ledford
2011-09-01 17:44 ` Pim Zandbergen [this message]
2011-09-01 18:17 ` Doug Ledford
2011-09-01 18:52 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 19:41 ` Doug Ledford
2011-09-02 9:19 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-02 11:06 ` John Robinson
2011-09-09 19:30 ` Bill Davidsen
2011-09-08 1:10 ` NeilBrown
2011-09-08 13:44 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-02 5:32 ` Simon Matthews
2011-09-02 8:53 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 17:03 ` Robin Hill
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