Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] [raid4] [raid6] md0 : active raid6 sdh1[7] sdg1[6] sdf1[5] sde1[4] sdd1[3] sdc1[2] sdb1[1] sda1[0] 1465175424 blocks level 6, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [8/8] [UUUUUUUU] [==================>..] resync = 91.0% (222239104/244195904) finish=0.0min speed=7369041K/sec bitmap: 23/233 pages [92KB], 512KB chunk I am reminded of Spaceball's 'ludicrous speed' here. This is after a reboot from 2.6.16-rc1-mm3 (where the array was built) to 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 (where rebuilding continued thanks to the bitmap). /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Fri Feb 3 19:52:27 2006 Raid Level : raid6 Array Size : 1465175424 (1397.30 GiB 1500.34 GB) Device Size : 244195904 (232.88 GiB 250.06 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 8 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Intent Bitmap : Internal Update Time : Fri Feb 3 21:53:55 2006 State : active, resyncing Active Devices : 8 Working Devices : 8 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Chunk Size : 64K Rebuild Status : 91% complete UUID : 128dc711:3f60812f:79b28619:8d0aa46d Events : 0.8 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 8 113 7 active sync /dev/sdh1 Might I also add this bitmap idea is a GREAT thing to have! Jurriaan -- I will dedicate myself to the study of dangerous assumptions. There is power in them, which the Nahia have neglected. Stephen R Donaldson - The Killing Stroke Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 4427 bogomips load 6.27 - 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