From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Hardcastle Subject: Fw: Why does one get mismatches? Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:52:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <869541.92104.qm@web51304.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Reply-To: Jon@eHardcastle.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --- On Tue, 19/1/10, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > From: Jon Hardcastle > Subject: Why does one get mismatches? > To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org > Date: Tuesday, 19 January, 2010, 10:04 > Hi, > > I kicked off a check/repair cycle on my machine after i > moved the phyiscal ordering of my drives around and I am now > on my second check/repair cycle and it has kept finding > mismatches. > > Is it correct that the mismatch value after a repair was > needed should equal the value present after a check? What if > it doesn't? What does it mean if another check STILL reveals > mismatches? > > I had something similar after i reshaped from raid 5 to 6 i > had to run check/repair/check/repair several times before i > got my 0. > > Guys, Anyone got any suggestions here? I am now on my ~5 check/repair and after a reboot the first check is still returning 8. All i have done is move the drives around. It is the same controllers/cables/etc I really dont like the seeming random nature of what can/does/has caused the mismatches?