On 03/02/2013 09:07 AM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: >> 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. You missed the bit where he states he needs to use mkfs to switch filesystem features. Phil -- 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
