Raid-6 Rebuild question

G'day all, Here is an interesting question( well I think so in any case ). I just replaced a failed disk in my 15 drive Raid-6. Simply mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sdl Why, when there is no other activity on the array at all, is it writing to every disk during the recovery? I would have

Re: Raid-6 Rebuild question

Brad Campbell wrote: G'day all, Here is an interesting question( well I think so in any case ). I just replaced a failed disk in my 15 drive Raid-6. Forgot the most important detail (as usual) bklaptop:~ssh storage1 uname -a Linux storage1 2.6.11.7 #4 Fri Oct 7 20:00:25 GST 2005 i686

[PATCH] add text message mode for terse reports

Hi Neil, I recently setup mdadm to monitor my md RAIDs and text message my cellphone in the event of a device failure. I found that the reports were too verbose to easily read on my phone. --textmsg, -T makes the emails mdadm generates shorter to be read on mobile devices. -- Ross Vandegrift

[PATCH] syslog support for monitor mode

Hi Neil, While adding the text message mode, I saw a FIXME asking for syslog support in monitor mode. This patch adds exactly that. -- Ross Vandegrift [EMAIL PROTECTED] The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that

[PATCH] minor bugfix in expected_spares logic

Hi Neil, After implementing syslogging, I noticed that mdadm was logging INFO level messages that my arrays were missing spares. Thing is, none of my arrays have spares. This patch adds a check for expected_spares != UnSet, so if spares=0 is missing from an array, it is not logged. -- Ross