On 2013-04-12, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:01:24 +0600 Roman Mamedov <rm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:52:59 -0700 >> Keith Keller <kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Is there any way to accomplish the same sort of >> > thing in a RAID5 or 6? >> There is the "want_replacement" mechanism. It exists, it works perfectly,= > but >> from this thread it looks like no one knows about it. Actually I am not s= > ure >> where it is documented, try searching the mail list archives. Actually, I had seen want_replacement before, but had only skimmed messages about it. I apologize for not realizing what it was--I should have remembered that feature and followed up on it first. > Checkout the devel mdadm from git://neil.brown.name/mdadm/ > > make man > less mdadm.man > > and search for "--replace" > > Requires linux-3.3 or later. This is probably one reason why want_replacement didn't stick in my head; I'm not quite ready for 3.3. But perhaps this will encourage me to try to move up more quickly. Thanks all! --keith -- kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
