On 24 October 2011 17:27, Mathias Burén <mathias.buren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > Its a AMD 1.3ghz, in a HP microserver max = 2000000 min = 200000 top - 17:33:49 up 4 days, 18:57, 2 users, load average: 1.19, 1.32, 1.34 Tasks: 102 total, 1 running, 101 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.3%us, 4.8%sy, 0.0%ni, 61.6%id, 32.9%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st Mem: 2958840k total, 2519944k used, 438896k free, 140868k buffers Swap: 3143676k total, 376112k used, 2767564k free, 1122084k cached -- 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
