Hello,
> >> Do you want to keep the N-way mirror with N copies, but add a spare so
> >> that when one of the N fails, it will start re-constructing immediately,
> ...
> >> If the former, just `raidhotadd'.
> > That is the one I was thinking of using.
>
> Should be straightforward ...
It was, thanks. IT's all done and tested.
> > Will it automatically recognize it as a spare disk?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Do I need to worry about persistent-superblock
>
> No.
>
> > or is that a default with raidhotadd?
>
> As I understand it, it adds it to the kernel tables.
> If using PSB, these are flushed to the PSB.
>
> > I can't find man pages for raidhotadd.
>
> You didn't mention what version you are uing, and whence you got it ...
This was version 0.90 (19990824) with the raidreconf patch.
> raidhotadd is just a link to raidstart ...
I should have checked. ;)
> [ I don't have a man page either :-( ]
Well, I tested it, I yanked out a disk while it was running (SCA hot
swappable disks) and it automagically rebuilt it all.
Thanks for all your help.
If anyone is interested in the set-up and what I've done, I'd be happy to
share it.
Tamas.
