Brian Candler wrote:
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 09:01:45PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
Presumably something when wrong during shutdown. However without more
details (--examine) I cannot guess.
OK, thank you.
I've also found
https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/articles/r/a/i/RAID_Recovery_d376.html
which shows the --examine option too.
When building the array, would you suggest I also specify --bitmap=internal,
so that there is less data to resync after an error?
You are being very understated here ;-)
Without a bitmap you can spend days getting back up instead of minutes. Brian
has the true truth here, unless there is a reason to avoid it, a bitmap is a
ticket to a sane rebuild.
And if you have a big array, consider putting the bitmap on SSD, faster is better.
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the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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