When creating a raid 10 near with 2 copies there are 4 possibilities.
mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pn2 -amd missing /dev/sdb9
/dev/sdc9 missing
mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pn2 -amd /dev/sda9 missing
/dev/sdc9 missing
mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pn2 -amd missing /dev/sdb9 missing
/dev/sdd9
mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pn2 -amd /dev/sda9 missing missing
/dev/sdd9
When creating a raid 10 far with 2 copies only 2 possibilities work, why?
I discovered this when I failed disk 2 and 3 of a raid10 f2 and got a
spectacular kernel oops.
root@dimmel:~# mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pf2 -amd /dev/sda9
missing /dev/sdc9 missing
mdadm: /dev/sda9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Mon Mar 4 18:14:29 2013
mdadm: /dev/sdc9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Sat Mar 2 23:28:12 2013
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md/tmp started.
root@dimmel:~# mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pf2 -amd missing
/dev/sdb9 missing /dev/sdd9
mdadm: /dev/sdb9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Mon Mar 4 18:17:27 2013
mdadm: /dev/sdd9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Mon Mar 4 18:15:33 2013
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md/tmp started.
root@dimmel:~# mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pf2 -amd /dev/sda9
missing missing /dev/sdd9
mdadm: /dev/sda9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Mon Mar 4 18:15:02 2013
mdadm: /dev/sdd9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Sat Mar 2 23:28:12 2013
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: RUN_ARRAY failed: Input/output error
root@dimmel:~# mdadm -C /dev/md/tmp -n4 -c512 -l10 -pf2 -amd missing
/dev/sdb9 /dev/sdc9 missing
mdadm: /dev/sdb9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Mon Mar 4 18:14:29 2013
mdadm: /dev/sdc9 appears to be part of a raid array:
level=raid10 devices=4 ctime=Mon Mar 4 18:15:02 2013
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: RUN_ARRAY failed: Input/output error
mdadm - v3.2.5 - 18th May 2012
Linux dimmel 3.7.1 #2 SMP Thu Dec 20 21:20:41 CST 2012 x86_64 AMD
Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Emilio Hodge
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