On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 00:26:58 +0100, JaniD++ wrote > Hello, list, > > I found something interesting when i try to create a brand new array > on brand new drives.... > <snip> > 5. The question > > Why shows sdh2 as spare? > The MD array size is correct. > And i really can see, the all drive is reading, and sdh2 is *ONLY* writing. > I'm not 100% sure but from a post by Neil a while a go on the list, the spare device is a temporary construct created during the resync operation. Once the resync is complete it should disappear. You could try searching the list archives for the post - choice of keywords is up to you ;) Regards, Marc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
