On 17/06/2010 14:08, Huang, Tao wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Michal <mic...@ionic.co.uk> wrote:
>> This is a better way then disconnecting the drive and checking which
>> drive was disconnected like I did, but I would still put a very easy to
>> read label on the drive to say /dev/sdX. It would be far easier then
>> checking a long serial number, especially if it's hard to read and you'd
>> need to take each HDD out to check :)
>
> I think the allocating of /dev/sdX depends on the order you plug the
> drives into the machine.
> so it changes over reconfiguring of the hardwares, which makes your
> labels useless.
>
> can someone confirm this?
>
>
> Tao
>
>
But how can this be correct when each raid partion is linked to the
HDD/Partions
# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
md3 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
716796096 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md2 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1]
51199040 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
513984 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md1 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1]
102398208 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
for example?
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