On 24 October 2011 17:03, Michael Busby <michael.a.busby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > (please reply to the bottom of the email) What CPU are you using? What are the min/max kbps settings on the md device? What does top (or htop) show you? /M -- 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
