On 1 August 2011 00:42, Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good evening Mathias, > > On 07/31/2011 02:31 PM, Mathias Burén wrote: > > [trim] > >> No I don't have a backup ;), perhaps it's time to get one. This isn't >> super important data, more like "nice to have". >> >> I don't have any hotplug bays or anything like that (you'll see in a >> while after I put up the pictures) so I shut down the system to take >> the faulty HDD out. >> >> Is it wise to run a check on the array while it's degraded by 1 HDD? > > It shouldn't hurt your array, other than a bit of exercise. If another > drive is marginal, it could conceivably "push it over the edge". > > Any positive value it has will occur anyways during the resync with the > replacement drive for sdh. > > I wouldn't bother running the scrub until the resync is finished. > > Phil > Thanks, I'll wait to scrub until I get the new HDD (hopefully within 2 weeks). Pics of the beast here: http://stuff3.imgur.com/htpcnas /Mathias -- 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
