"Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Zlatko Calusic <zlatko.calusic@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello list! >> >> Does anybody know what would be the fastest way to rename MD device >> (without recreating/resyncing)? I have md0, md1 and md3 in system (don't >> ask :)), and obviously it would look slightly nicer if that md3 was >> called md2 instead, like I have on other machines (with all the same >> setup, except this small difference). Is it possible? >> > > Sure, you should just be able to do: > > mdadm --stop /dev/md3 > mdadm --assemble /dev/md2 <insert component devices here> So simple... who would've thought of that. :) Thank you! Although, the recipe will have to wait for another occasion to prove itself, my new md2 is in the middle of resyncing process as I write this. But, I don't mind. While I was copying the filesystem to the new device, I noticed that it was heavily fragmented in places (transfer speed was dropping from typical 40+ MB/s to below 10 MB/s - all very big files!), so I'm sure copying was good for it. :) Regards, -- Zlatko -- 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
