I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I have at 8 drive RAID 6 array that I wanted to grow to 13 drives (adding 5 more). I issued the mdadm command and checked /proc/mdstat and all looked well. However at some point in time a disk failed and that hung my system. Upon reboot the array is inactive and I can't get it to reassemble. /proc/mdstat shows this md1 : inactive sdp1[11](S) sdi1[3](S) sdd1[7](S) sdr1[13](S) sdg1[1](S) sdc1[6](S) sdq1[12](S) sdn1[9](S) sdo1[10](S) sdh1[2](S) sda1[4](S) sdf1[0](S) sdb1[8](S) 25395674609 blocks super 1.2 If I look at mdadm -E /dev/sdX1 I see most are State active, while some are State clean. root@diamond:~# mdadm -E /dev/sd[abcdfghinopqr]1 mdadm: metadata format 01.02 unknown, ignored. mdadm: metadata format 00.90 unknown, ignored. /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : b7c75aff:703e77dd:8be71623:24cfd5c4 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : b892c40c - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 4 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuUuuuuuuuu 2 failed /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : 73f50290:c36a95a1:99de8ad3:2a4e84c8 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : c17b9433 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 8 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuUuuuuuuu 2 failed /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : de927013:298f7906:5abdae1e:ccab9188 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : b4fe9263 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 6 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuuUuuuuuu 2 failed /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : a258e2c3:e4abf94c:33be105e:fff62610 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : 72e7c0f0 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 7 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuuuUuuuuu 2 failed /dev/sdf1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 14c53549:bd43ec01:794d70ff:3ea30a9d Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : db7100b9 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 0 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : U_uuuuuuuuuuu 2 failed /dev/sdg1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 785b908f:e1392eb6:131a836d:4d554339 Reshape pos'n : 1202143360 (1146.45 GiB 1230.99 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:41:43 2012 Checksum : e051f831 - correct Events : 2768 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 1 (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : uUuuuuuuuuuuu 1 failed /dev/sdh1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : dd08d581:c542403f:33ab15bb:e5a7f122 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : 92f0a5ed - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 2 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_Uuuuuuuuuuu 2 failed /dev/sdi1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : 6efe22ba:87cc1ffb:a070dbd0:b9020b5e Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : d7fd4583 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 3 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uUuuuuuuuuu 2 failed /dev/sdn1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : bf54f25f:3a82eb7e:4b852f91:6857c476 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : daa5bae6 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 9 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuuuuuuuuU 2 failed /dev/sdo1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : e239f08a:e56a2abd:18bd6e8d:6e614aa2 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : 6ba7ca89 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 10 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuuuuuuuUu 2 failed /dev/sdp1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : f04f830d:ffc3352f:443c92c0:b03ec412 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : 3e3961f - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 11 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuuuuuuUuu 2 failed /dev/sdq1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : 5f84b70f:1b8b607b:e2f2cfee:f1fe34f4 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : 61f1088b - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 12 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuuuuuUuuu 2 failed /dev/sdr1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : fa32e2c5:e7bda20b:32af7c90:c7ee61eb Name : 1 Creation Time : Sat Sep 18 17:05:52 2010 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 13 Avail Dev Size : 3907026863 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 42977294976 (20493.17 GiB 22004.38 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907026816 (1863.02 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 272 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : active Device UUID : 74bb612c:34c2ddf6:4828ed5c:22ea7b38 Reshape pos'n : 1202473536 (1146.77 GiB 1231.33 GB) Delta Devices : 5 (8->13) Update Time : Tue Mar 27 20:42:37 2012 Checksum : ac7c9750 - correct Events : 2771 Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 13 (0, failed, 2, 3, 4, failed, 6, 7, 5, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8) Array State : u_uuuuuuUuuuu 2 failed root@diamond:~# Is there anything I can do to get the array back up? Thanks -Bryan -- 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