MRK wrote: > You need to lower the sync speed by catting a value into > /sys/block/md{n}/md/sync_speed_max > the value should be about 1/3 lower than the max speed you see (cat > /proc/mdstat) now that it's not yet limited. > Set up a script to set it at boot. Thanks - I'll try it. It didn't happen in a raid sync, just during an rsync run. Would this have any effect on normal operation? > If it was not happening for you on older kernels might be a good sign: > it might mean that the resync is faster now... > > What is the sync speed you see (cat /proc/mdstat)? How many drives do > you have and what type of raid is that? We're only getting 30MB/s. I thought it used to be quite a lot faster. It seems to slow down as the sync progresses: [root@xback2 ~]# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md0 : active raid5 sdb1[0] sdj1[10](S) sdk1[9] sdl1[8] sdi1[7] sdh1[6] sdg1[5] sdf1[4] sde1[3] sdd1[2] sdc1[1] 8788959360 blocks level 5, 32k chunk, algorithm 2 [10/10] [UUUUUUUUUU] [>....................] resync = 1.4% (14078544/976551040) finish=501.4min speed=31990K/sec unused devices: <none> The drives are connected to a single 3ware Inc 9650SE SATA-II RAID PCIe card on this particular system. They're SATA 1GB drives. Jeremy -- 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