> > If you have a temporary space for your data, I'd suggest you move it > > out and go for an internal bitmap solution. It certainly beats the > > patch work you're going to have to do on the startup scripts (and > > every time you update mdadm, or the distro). > > > There should be no need to move the data off - you can add an internal > bitmap using the --grow option. An internal bitmap does have more of an > overhead than an external one though. I thought I remembered reading in the man page than an internal bitmap could only be added when the array was created? Is that incorrect? -- 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