John Nietzsche wrote:
> Dear users,
>
> i have just finnished installing OpenBSD on my server. I am not
> familiar with bioctl, but here i my bioctl output:
>
> robigo# bioctl mfi0
> Volume Status Size Device
> mfi0 0 Online 299439751168 sd0 RAID1
> 0 Online 300000000000 1:0.0 noencl <SEAGATE ST3300655SS
> S527>
> 1 Online 300000000000 1:1.0 noencl <SEAGATE ST3300655SS
> S527>
> mfi0 1 Scrubbing 598879502336 sd1 RAID10 0% done
> 0 Online 300000000000 1:2.0 noencl <SEAGATE ST3300655SS
> S527>
> 1 Online 300000000000 1:3.0 noencl <SEAGATE ST3300655SS
> S527>
> 2 Online 300000000000 1:4.0 noencl <SEAGATE ST3300655SS
> S527>
> 3 Online 300000000000 1:5.0 noencl <SEAGATE ST3300655SS
> S527>
> robigo#
>
> What does "Scrubbing" mean?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
All it means is that the Dell PERC 5 (presumed in the absence of a
dmesg..) controller is
happily working its way through your 2nd array and building up all the
checksum
data it will need for proper redundancy.
When it finishes the array will, if you actually did configured it as a
RAID5
(again, no actual details provided..)
it will be ready in case a drive fails and you need to pull it - and
replace it
with a good device.
Properly configured as a RAID5 array, in hardware the
physically/electrically
supports 'Hot Swap' this system will let you pull / replace / hot plug
a new
device without missing a beat. Been there, done that!
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