Re: RAID6 and crashes (reporting back re. --bitmap)

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On Friday 11 June 2010, Neil Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:31:57 -0400
> 
> "Graham Mitchell" <gmitch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Can you do this on a live array, or can it only be done (as the docs seem
> > to suggest), with the create, build and grow options?
> 
> As 'grow' can (and must) be used on a live array you're question doesn't
> exactly make sense.
> Yes: it can be done on a live array.

While I have done this myself a couple of times, I still do not understand 
where it takes the disk space for the bitmap journal from? Is this space mdadm 
reserved for this purpose?


Thanks,
Bernd
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