I will be building a RAID5 array with 5 data drives and one hot spare. I need to use the drive for hot spare for something else at the moment. Is it possible to build my array with 5 drives and add hot spare later by simply adding the entry for it in /etc/raidtab? The array will be built with 6 drives connected to 3 IDE controllers, one per channel, 2 channels on each board. If one controller fails, obviously the array will go down with it. Does that mean that all data will be irrecoverably lost or will things go back to normal after I replace defective controller and let the array resync? I know these are basic questions, but I didn't find answers in FAQ (hint, hint) Comments greatly appreciated. Artur - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
