Re: Functional difference between "replace" vs "add" then "delete missing" with a missing disk in a RAID56 array

2016-05-29 Thread Duncan
Chris Johnson posted on Sun, 29 May 2016 09:33:49 -0700 as excerpted: > Situation: A six disk RAID5/6 array with a completely failed disk. The > failed disk is removed and an identical replacement drive is plugged in. First of all, be aware (as you already will be if you're following the list)

Functional difference between "replace" vs "add" then "delete missing" with a missing disk in a RAID56 array

2016-05-29 Thread Chris Johnson
Situation: A six disk RAID5/6 array with a completely failed disk. The failed disk is removed and an identical replacement drive is plugged in. Here I have two options for replacing the disk, assuming the old drive is device 6 in the superblock and the replacement disk is /dev/sda. 'btrfs