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 -- 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