Hello Neil, thank you for your very fast answers. NeilBrown wrote: > > 3. What other steps can / should I take before continuing raid usage > (read-write), especially repair on the file system level? > > The file system and RAID can be repaired independently - just go ahead, > all > looks good. (unless that 3.2.2 kernel is from Ubuntu - in that case you > might > need to be careful... What is the full "uname -a"?). It is a vanilla kernel that I compiled myself: Linux fileserver 3.2.2 #4 SMP Wed May 23 14:42:46 CEST 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux I can easily upgrade the kernel to 3.2.20 or 3.4.2, if you recommend either of those versions is better suited. Thanks again, Kurt -- NEU: FreePhone 3-fach-Flat mit kostenlosem Smartphone! Jetzt informieren: http://mobile.1und1.de/?ac=OM.PW.PW003K20328T7073a -- 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