Hi, My server seems to have had a bad night, and so I'm not having the best morning. Overnight three drives failed in my RAID6 array. Worse, that's on top of one failure I already knew about, so 4 drives in total. I put this down to problems with the controller - I had been using 3ware 9650 controllers (in JBOD mode). This morning I've loaded the drives into another server connected to the on board Intel AHCI SATA ports and an extra Sil3132 controller. My first naive attempt was to try re-assembling the array from the eight most up-to-date member devices: hermes:~# mdadm -A /dev/md5 /dev/sd[cefghijk]1 mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md5: Input/output error I assume that's not an I/O error with the underlying device? I can't see anything indicating that dmesg/syslog. Output from "mdadm -E /dev/sd[cdefghijkl]1" included below. Any advice would be much appreciated. (and now, back to scouring the mail archives for clues). Cheers, Kevin. -- /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 05:35:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 3 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3df9eea - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Thu Nov 27 09:20:39 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 10 Working Devices : 10 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3c42f8b - correct Events : 91974 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 9 8 145 9 active sync /dev/sdj1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 8 113 7 active sync /dev/sdh1 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 8 145 9 active sync /dev/sdj1 /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 00:28:14 2008 State : active Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 8 Working Devices : 8 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3dca329 - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdf1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 00:29:00 2008 State : active Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3dca382 - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdg1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 05:35:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 3 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3df9e7e - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdh1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 05:35:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 3 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3df9ec6 - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdi1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 05:35:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 3 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3df9eb4 - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdj1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 05:35:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 3 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3df9ea2 - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdk1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Tue Dec 16 05:35:46 2008 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 3 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3df9e90 - correct Events : 176870 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed /dev/sdl1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 77fa8675:444efef0:12f8dff0:9f609eb4 Creation Time : Sun Jul 27 15:03:44 2008 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976759936 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 7814079488 (7452.09 GiB 8001.62 GB) Raid Devices : 10 Total Devices : 10 Preferred Minor : 5 Update Time : Mon Dec 15 22:36:32 2008 State : active Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 9 Working Devices : 9 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e3dc8525 - correct Events : 175787 Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 7 8 113 7 active sync /dev/sdh1 0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 6 6 8 97 6 active sync /dev/sdg1 7 7 8 113 7 active sync /dev/sdh1 8 8 8 129 8 active sync /dev/sdi1 9 9 0 0 9 faulty removed -- 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