I am not sure how to proceed now with the output that shows possible pairs as it won't allow me to setup all 8 devices on the array but only 4. Should I run the array creation with -x4 and set the available spare devicesor or just create the array as I can remember which was one pair from each controller. i.e /dev/sda3 /dev/sde3 ...? -- 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