--- On Wed, 24/2/10, Felipe Alvarez <felipe.alvarez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Felipe Alvarez <felipe.alvarez@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Fwd: Majordomo results: Re: Majordomo results: . > To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, 24 February, 2010, 8:54 > Hi list. I've 4 X 320GB Sata disks in > Raid 5 (mdadm - v2.6.7.1 - 15th > October 2008). They all have a 0xFD raid autodetect > parition, filling > 100% of the drives. One drive failed, and I bought a 500GB > disk > (instead of 320GB). Should I just add /dev/sde as-is, > allowing mdadm > to automatically rebuild it as required? Or, should I > partition it to > exact same dimensions/size as the other disks, with > part-type 0xFD? > TIA > > Felipe > end > -- > 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 > AFAIK You can - after you have failed/removed etc the old drive. Create a new partition that is the same type - but not necessarily the identical size(i.e. fill the whole drive if you like but not smaller) and add it to the array. The beauty of that being that when all the drives have been retired/failed and the smallest partition size is now 500GB or whatever you can --grow=max and get that unused space. ----------------------- N: Jon Hardcastle E: Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.' *********** Please note, I am phasing out jd_hardcastle AT yahoo.com and replacing it with jon AT eHardcastle.com *********** ----------------------- -- 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
