On Wednesday April 12, shaibn@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > yea! it is a testing server I use that is the same kernel as our main > server... just for tests like these so we don't screw up .... I never > run the real thing before I'm sure I know I've got it working on our > test server. > > Well... what I did was: > -------------------------------- > > # cat do_changes.sh > #!/bin/bash -x > > umount /mnt/md0 > read > mdadm --stop /dev/md0 > read > mdadm --zero-super /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part1 > read > mdadm -C -n 4 -l 1 /dev/md0 /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part1 > missing missing missing > read > ### end of script ### > > What do you think? Yes, that looks fine. NeilBrown > > Shai > > On 4/12/06, Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wednesday April 12, shaibn@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I now have the md0 raid1 with 2 disks and 1 spare: > > > 0 22 65 0 active sync /dev/hdd1 > > > 1 22 66 1 active sync /dev/hdd2 > > > > > > 2 22 67 2 spare /dev/hdd3 > > > > > > # /usr/local/sbin/mdadm -G -n 3 /dev/md0 > > > mdadm: Cannot set raid-devices for /dev/md0: File exists > > > > > > i'm using kernel 2.4.26 > > > > You'll need a 2.6 kernel for that, I don't remember which one is the > > minimum. > > > > If you are stuck with 2.4, you need to recreate the array: > > mdadm -S /dev/md0 > > mdadm -C /dev/md0 -l1 -n3 --assume-clean /dev/hdd1 /dev/hdd2 missing > > mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/hdd3 > > > > (is that really 3 partitions on the one device? Just for testing, > > right? > > > > NeilBrown > > > > > > > > # /usr/local/sbin/mdadm -V > > > mdadm - v2.4.1 - 4 April 2006 > > > > > > On 4/11/06, Shai <shaibn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have two SCSI disks on raid1. > > > > Since I have lots of reads from that raid, I want to add two more > > > > disks to this raid so that read will be faster. > > > > > > > > How should I add the new disks? > > > - > > > 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 > > > - > 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 - 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
