> While expanding an existing raid is as simple as mdadm --add, followed > by an mdadm --grow, How would you go about this when expanding it with > multiple devices. Given a RAID-5 on /dev/sd[bcde], I'd do # mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sd[fghi] # mdadm --grow --level=6 --raid-devices=8 No need to create a new RAID and then move the data. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 roy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. -- 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
