Re: nested raid possible?

2007-07-05 Thread Simon Valiquette
t the cost of somewhat more risk to loose your data. Maybe the additional risk is low enough for your needs, I don't know. But in a business environment, I would normaly not do It. Simon Valiquette - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the bo

Re: AW: The array is functioning normally (?)

2007-07-05 Thread Simon
I made the 3 devices faulty. I wonder why it's still clean and --test says it's functionning normally?! Same here with a RAID1 when I kill the last disk. Additionally, when I try to remove one of these faulty devices and add it again, THEN i get some indication that the array is not so good

The array is functioning normally (?)

2007-07-04 Thread Simon
I made the 3 devices faulty. I wonder why it's still clean and --test says it's functionning normally?! Thanks for any info! Simon ===(`/sbin/mdadm -v -v --detail /dev/md1`)== /dev/md1: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Tue Jul 3 16:

Re: spare not becoming active

2007-07-03 Thread Simon
ill being created as missing. Anyway, good news! After reconstruction the output looks perfect, i tried soft failing one device and it came back just fine. Problem was with a real failure (see first post). Thanks, Simon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid&quo

Re: spare not becoming active

2007-07-03 Thread Simon
y, good news! After reconstruction the output looks perfect, i tried soft failing one device and it came back just fine. Problem was with a real failure (see first post). Thanks, Simon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PRO

Re: spare not becoming active

2007-07-03 Thread Simon
I got a ghost in my system! Ok, I'm still having weird issues and as nobody replied, I'm still unsure how to proceed... Here, I tried reformating (dd'ed some zeros on the whole drives), repartitionning them. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1

Re: spare not becoming active

2007-06-28 Thread Simon
so i don't see why...) # /sbin/mdadm -R /dev/md0 mdadm: failed to run array /dev/md0: Invalid argument I'm starting to think the documentation i read was very outdated, or only touched the subject in surface, can you guys recommend a good reading, like a companion to the man page?

spare not becoming active

2007-06-27 Thread Simon
completely lost, are there chances? Thanks for any info/pointers! Simon Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [multipath] [faulty] md0 : active raid5 sdf2[3](S) sde2[4](S) sdd2[5](F) sdc2[1] sdb2[6](F) 1952128 blocks level 5

conflicting superblocks - Re: what is the best approach for fixing a degraded RAID5 (one drive failed) using mdadm?

2007-06-11 Thread simon redfern
03 active sync /dev/sdd2 Can anyone please advise which commands we should use to get the array back to at least a read only state? Below is some of dmesg output: Thanks! Simon. deagol:~ # dmesg Bootdata ok (command line is root=/dev/sdb1 ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume

what is the best approach for fixing a degraded RAID5 (one drive failed) using mdadm?

2007-06-11 Thread simon redfern
: 0.35025133 However, lsscsi shows all 4 drives (as ATA drives) Any suggestions much appreciated! cheers, Simon. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: Changing partition types safe? raidtools to mdadm migration

2007-03-08 Thread Simon Matthews
Neil, On 3/8/07, Simon Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 180 active sync /dev/sdb2 I missed one line from the above: 1 821 active sync /dev/sda2 Simon - To unsub

Re: Changing partition types safe? raidtools to mdadm migration

2007-03-08 Thread Simon Matthews
o do with partition types. > > Can I safely change the partition types to fd on the partions that > make up my RAID set? It is perfectly safe to change partition type. So I should be safe in just removing the raidtools package and installing mdadm? Regards, Simon - To unsubscribe from thi

Changing partition types safe? raidtools to mdadm migration

2007-03-08 Thread Simon Matthews
partions that make up my RAID set? Or is there something else I should do to get mdadm to recognize my RAID set? Regards, Simon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.

Re: Fwd: Linux MD raid5 and reiser4... Any experience ?

2006-01-06 Thread Simon Valiquette
e with ReiserFS in the past). You can also grow a XFS filesystem live, which is really nice. XFS is finally much faster than EXT3 and self-defragmenting, but that was not a concern for you anyway. Simon Valiquette http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca http://www.gulus.org - To unsubscribe f

Re: File corruption on LVM2 on top of software RAID1

2005-08-05 Thread Simon Matter
> "Simon Matter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the kernel list. >> >> I had a hard time identifying a serious problem in the 2.6 linux kernel. > > Yes, it is a serious problem. &

Re: RAID 5 Grow

2005-07-15 Thread Simon Valiquette
not sure if mdadm is able to recover from that. Simon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

growing a RAID-5 array live

2005-01-28 Thread Simon Valiquette
, or at least a mentor to guide me. I already have an algorithm, I just need help to know how and where to makes the changes to have a working prototype. Thank you, Simon Valiquette http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid"