Hi, >> I panicked a bit, and didn't want to do something stupid (like mdadm >> -C) before passing it by at least one other person. > > I definitely suggest you make a backup of each device superblock and > distribute it somewhere safe in the unlikely event two devices in a > mirrored array stop cooperating. The superblocks do come in handy from > time to time when they can't be acquired once problems happen.
Do you have any suggestions on how to do this? > The other thing is, if you're panicked, it kinda suggests no recent > backup. I can't tell you how many sad panda faces I see on many lists, > including the linux-raid@ list (all things RAID on Linux but mainly > md/mdadm) and it's like, really no backup? The brutal response is, if > you don't have a backup the data isn't important. I do have a backup, but it would be a pain to rebuild everything. It would be a major inconvenience. No one really ever wants to go through that. Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
