"No, it must be "Used Device Size" * 11 = 16116523456. Try it without the 'k'." -> was better: mdadm /dev/md0 --grow --array-size=16116523456 mdadm --detail /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 0.90 Creation Time : Fri Jun 10 14:19:24 2011 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 16116523456 (15369.91 GiB 16503.32 GB) Used Dev Size : 1465138496 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB) Raid Devices : 13 Total Devices : 13 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Fri Jun 10 16:49:37 2011 State : clean Active Devices : 13 Working Devices : 13 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K UUID : 8c4d8438:42aa49f9:a6d866f6:b6ea6b93 (local to host nassrv01) Events : 0.2 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 160 0 active sync /dev/sdk 1 8 208 1 active sync /dev/sdn 2 8 176 2 active sync /dev/sdl 3 8 192 3 active sync /dev/sdm 4 8 0 4 active sync /dev/sda 5 8 16 5 active sync /dev/sdb 6 8 64 6 active sync /dev/sde 7 8 48 7 active sync /dev/sdd 8 8 80 8 active sync /dev/sdf 9 8 96 9 active sync /dev/sdg 10 8 112 10 active sync /dev/sdh 11 8 128 11 active sync /dev/sdi 12 8 144 12 active sync /dev/sdj ->fsck -n /dev/md0, was ok ->now:mdadm /dev/md0 --grow -n 12 --backup-file=/reshape.bak ->and after that, how become the disk out of the raid? -- at this point i think i take the disk out of the raid, because i need the space of the disk. I need another advise of you. While the computer is actualy build with 13 disk and i will become more data in the next month and the limit of power supply connecotors is reached i am looking forward to another solution. one possibility is to build up a better computer with more sata and sas connectors and add further raid-controller-cards. an other idea is to build a kind of cluster or dfs with two and later 3,4... computer. i read something about gluster.org. do you have a tip for me or experience in this? -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone -- 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