On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:59:39 +0100 Michał Sawicz <michal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dnia 2010-01-28, czw o godzinie 13:09 +0100, Michał Sawicz pisze: > > Where does this 'failed' come from? Oh, and it's like that on all > > members. Is my array safe as /proc/mdstat says? > > Hmm I think it might be related to this: > > > # mdadm -E /dev/sdb1 > > [...] > > Array Slot : 6 (0, failed, 2, 3, 1, 5, 4) > > Array State : uuuuUu 1 failed > > One of the disks in this array was swapped, maybe this is what this info > records? How can I get rid of that? > The device that was the second device added to the array failed (or disappeared), and this fact is recorded in case that device ever reappears... Yes, this is confusing. mdadm-3.x report the array state differently. NeilBrown -- 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