Hi, I have a RAID 5 with 6 components. The 4-port SATA controller died and left the RAID in an inconsistent state. 2 of the 6 components have a more recent event stamp than the others. What command should I issue to re-assemble the RAID? In particular, I don't want to force the RAID to be assembled with the components in the wrong order. Especially as the order given by /dev/sd?? does not match the component order. Thanks in advance, -Arthur # mdadm -A /dev/md5 mdadm: /dev/md5 assembled from 2 drives - not enough to start the array. # cat /proc/mdstat ... md5 : inactive sdg2[0](S) sdj2[5](S) sdk2[4](S) sdl2[3](S) sdh2[2](S) sdi2[1](S) 2343866880 blocks ... # mdadm -E /dev/sd[gjklhi]2 | egrep Events Events : 0.9088480 Events : 0.9088480 Events : 0.9088476 Events : 0.9088476 Events : 0.9088476 Events : 0.9088476 # mdadm -E /dev/sd[gjklhi]2 | egrep this this 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 this 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 this 1 8 130 1 active sync /dev/sdi2 this 5 8 146 5 active sync /dev/sdj2 this 4 8 162 4 active sync /dev/sdk2 this 3 8 178 3 active sync /dev/sdl2 # egrep '^DEVICE|md5' /etc/mdadm.conf DEVICE /dev/sd?? ARRAY /dev/md5 level=raid5 num-devices=6 UUID=e49080f3:c60755cc:bef07a34:d5ceac64 # mdadm -E /dev/sd[gjklhi]2 /dev/sdg2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.03 UUID : e49080f3:c60755cc:bef07a34:d5ceac64 Creation Time : Wed Feb 15 02:18:54 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 390644480 (372.55 GiB 400.02 GB) Array Size : 1953222400 (1862.74 GiB 2000.10 GB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Wed Mar 19 07:43:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 4 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 8cb597af - correct Events : 0.9088480 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 0 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 0 0 4 faulty removed 5 5 0 0 5 faulty removed /dev/sdh2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.03 UUID : e49080f3:c60755cc:bef07a34:d5ceac64 Creation Time : Wed Feb 15 02:18:54 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 390644480 (372.55 GiB 400.02 GB) Array Size : 1953222400 (1862.74 GiB 2000.10 GB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Wed Mar 19 07:43:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 4 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 8cb597c3 - correct Events : 0.9088480 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 0 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed 4 4 0 0 4 faulty removed 5 5 0 0 5 faulty removed /dev/sdi2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.03 UUID : e49080f3:c60755cc:bef07a34:d5ceac64 Creation Time : Wed Feb 15 02:18:54 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 390644480 (372.55 GiB 400.02 GB) Array Size : 1953222400 (1862.74 GiB 2000.10 GB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Wed Mar 19 00:56:18 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 8cb53801 - correct Events : 0.9088476 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 130 1 active sync /dev/sdi2 0 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 1 1 8 130 1 active sync /dev/sdi2 2 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 3 3 8 178 3 active sync /dev/sdl2 4 4 8 162 4 active sync /dev/sdk2 5 5 8 146 5 active sync /dev/sdj2 /dev/sdj2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.03 UUID : e49080f3:c60755cc:bef07a34:d5ceac64 Creation Time : Wed Feb 15 02:18:54 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 390644480 (372.55 GiB 400.02 GB) Array Size : 1953222400 (1862.74 GiB 2000.10 GB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Wed Mar 19 00:56:18 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 8cb53819 - correct Events : 0.9088476 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 5 8 146 5 active sync /dev/sdj2 0 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 1 1 8 130 1 active sync /dev/sdi2 2 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 3 3 8 178 3 active sync /dev/sdl2 4 4 8 162 4 active sync /dev/sdk2 5 5 8 146 5 active sync /dev/sdj2 /dev/sdk2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.03 UUID : e49080f3:c60755cc:bef07a34:d5ceac64 Creation Time : Wed Feb 15 02:18:54 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 390644480 (372.55 GiB 400.02 GB) Array Size : 1953222400 (1862.74 GiB 2000.10 GB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Wed Mar 19 00:56:18 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 8cb53827 - correct Events : 0.9088476 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 162 4 active sync /dev/sdk2 0 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 1 1 8 130 1 active sync /dev/sdi2 2 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 3 3 8 178 3 active sync /dev/sdl2 4 4 8 162 4 active sync /dev/sdk2 5 5 8 146 5 active sync /dev/sdj2 /dev/sdl2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.03 UUID : e49080f3:c60755cc:bef07a34:d5ceac64 Creation Time : Wed Feb 15 02:18:54 2006 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 390644480 (372.55 GiB 400.02 GB) Array Size : 1953222400 (1862.74 GiB 2000.10 GB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Wed Mar 19 00:56:18 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 8cb53835 - correct Events : 0.9088476 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 3 8 178 3 active sync /dev/sdl2 0 0 8 98 0 active sync /dev/sdg2 1 1 8 130 1 active sync /dev/sdi2 2 2 8 114 2 active sync /dev/sdh2 3 3 8 178 3 active sync /dev/sdl2 4 4 8 162 4 active sync /dev/sdk2 5 5 8 146 5 active sync /dev/sdj2 -- 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