On 03/11/10 14:13, Nat Makarevitch wrote: > To solve this problem we put on each spindle a physical label (a tag, not a > partition/disk label) showing its device name (sda, sdb...). > As you discovered - that's not a good idea, the device names are dynamically assigned. > Then we simulated a crash by physically removing two spindles. Upon reboot the > devices names changed (?!) and our labels weren't right anymore albeit we are > pretty sure they were. > Best to use the drive serial number maybe (hdparm -I or smartctl -a, or the links under /dev/devices/by-id, and also printed on the top of the drive etc.)? You can also use the physical slot if that info is available and static (this varies from controller to controller) and is available under /dev/disk/by-path/ Cheers, Tim. -- South East Open Source Solutions Limited Registered in England and Wales with company number 06134732. Registered Office: 2 Powell Gardens, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1TQ VAT number: 900 6633 53 http://seoss.co.uk/ +44-(0)1273-808309 -- 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
