I have a RAID 1 and RAID 5 array on a mail server. It panic rebooted and now the arrays will not start cleaning. I have run xfs_repair on both arrays Each array flip flops from indicating it is dirty and then clean. I do not see the resync process running, which I am used to seeing when a a box is not shutdown correctly. Here is the output of mdadm -QD for both arrays showing clean and dirty state, what do I need to do the clean these arrays ? MD0 Array: [root@jidmail bin]# mdadm -QD /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.01 Creation Time : Mon Nov 22 06:11:32 2004 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 71681920 (68.36 GiB 73.40 GB) Device Size : 71681920 (68.36 GiB 73.40 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Jun 15 11:00:28 2006 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 241 0 active sync /dev/sdp1 1 65 1 1 active sync /dev/sdq1 UUID : 2f4cbf03:cd1ddc43:ef9965aa:3d51f6f2 Events : 0.47732796 [root@jidmail bin]# mdadm -QD /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.01 Creation Time : Mon Nov 22 06:11:32 2004 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 71681920 (68.36 GiB 73.40 GB) Device Size : 71681920 (68.36 GiB 73.40 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Jun 15 11:00:29 2006 State : dirty Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 241 0 active sync /dev/sdp1 1 65 1 1 active sync /dev/sdq1 UUID : 2f4cbf03:cd1ddc43:ef9965aa:3d51f6f2 Events : 0.47732797 [root@jidmail bin]# MD1 Array: [root@jidmail bin]# mdadm -QD /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Version : 00.90.01 Creation Time : Mon Nov 22 06:11:19 2004 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 1577091648 (1504.03 GiB 1614.94 GB) Device Size : 143371968 (136.73 GiB 146.81 GB) Raid Devices : 12 Total Devices : 14 Preferred Minor : 1 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Jun 15 11:04:29 2006 State : dirty Active Devices : 12 Working Devices : 14 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 2 Layout : left-asymmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 8 97 4 active sync /dev/sdg1 5 8 113 5 active sync /dev/sdh1 6 8 129 6 active sync /dev/sdi1 7 8 145 7 active sync /dev/sdj1 8 8 161 8 active sync /dev/sdk1 9 8 177 9 active sync /dev/sdl1 10 8 193 10 active sync /dev/sdm1 11 8 209 11 active sync /dev/sdn1 12 65 17 -1 spare /dev/sdr1 13 8 225 -1 spare /dev/sdo1 UUID : 478195d2:df1da7b0:fbaa9190:6c2a0348 Events : 0.47810358 [root@jidmail bin]# mdadm -QD /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Version : 00.90.01 Creation Time : Mon Nov 22 06:11:19 2004 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 1577091648 (1504.03 GiB 1614.94 GB) Device Size : 143371968 (136.73 GiB 146.81 GB) Raid Devices : 12 Total Devices : 14 Preferred Minor : 1 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Jun 15 11:04:31 2006 State : dirty Active Devices : 12 Working Devices : 14 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 2 Layout : left-asymmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 8 97 4 active sync /dev/sdg1 5 8 113 5 active sync /dev/sdh1 6 8 129 6 active sync /dev/sdi1 7 8 145 7 active sync /dev/sdj1 8 8 161 8 active sync /dev/sdk1 9 8 177 9 active sync /dev/sdl1 10 8 193 10 active sync /dev/sdm1 11 8 209 11 active sync /dev/sdn1 12 65 17 -1 spare /dev/sdr1 13 8 225 -1 spare /dev/sdo1 UUID : 478195d2:df1da7b0:fbaa9190:6c2a0348 Events : 0.47810372 [root@jidmail bin]# mdadm -QD /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Version : 00.90.01 Creation Time : Mon Nov 22 06:11:19 2004 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 1577091648 (1504.03 GiB 1614.94 GB) Device Size : 143371968 (136.73 GiB 146.81 GB) Raid Devices : 12 Total Devices : 14 Preferred Minor : 1 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Thu Jun 15 11:04:33 2006 State : clean Active Devices : 12 Working Devices : 14 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 2 Layout : left-asymmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1 2 8 65 2 active sync /dev/sde1 3 8 81 3 active sync /dev/sdf1 4 8 97 4 active sync /dev/sdg1 5 8 113 5 active sync /dev/sdh1 6 8 129 6 active sync /dev/sdi1 7 8 145 7 active sync /dev/sdj1 8 8 161 8 active sync /dev/sdk1 9 8 177 9 active sync /dev/sdl1 10 8 193 10 active sync /dev/sdm1 11 8 209 11 active sync /dev/sdn1 12 65 17 -1 spare /dev/sdr1 13 8 225 -1 spare /dev/sdo1 UUID : 478195d2:df1da7b0:fbaa9190:6c2a0348 Events : 0.47810379 [root@jidmail bin]# - 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