should the speed be very slow when doing this progress, its a lot slower than a normal grow reshape = 1.2% (25006080/1953513984) finish=12481.8min speed=2574K/sec On 24 October 2011 15:11, Mathias Burén <mathias.buren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 24 October 2011 14:11, Michael Busby <michael.a.busby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> At the moment i have a raid5 setup with 5 disks, i am looking to add a >> 6th disk and change from raid 5 to raid 6 >> >> having looked at Neil's site i have found the following command, and >> just want to double check this is still the recommend way of >> converting >> >> mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --level=6 --raid-disks=6 --backup-file=/home/md.backup >> >> also would i need to add the extra disk before or after the command? >> >> cheers >> -- >> 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 >> > > Hi, > > I grew my 6 disk RAID5 to a 7 disk RAID6. First, add the drive. Then > partition it as required. Then add the drive to the array (I think > it'll become a spare?). Then you can grow it. > > Make sure you're using the latest mdadm tools available. > > Regards, > 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
