Neil, NeilBrown wrote:
Yes. Remove the "spares=1" from each line. The sole effect of this text is to tell --monitor to expect a spare, and to complain if no spare is found.
Many thanks. I hadn't picked that up from the manpage, so here is a patch for your consideration:
diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5 index 40295be..b67bec4 100644 --- a/mdadm.conf.5 +++ b/mdadm.conf.5 @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ this is mainly for compatibility with the output of .TP .B spares= The value is a number of spare devices to expect the array to have. +The sole use of this keyword and value is as follows: .B mdadm \-\-monitor will report an array if it is found to have fewer than this number of spares when -- 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
