On Thu May 02, 2013 at 03:58:29PM +0100, Robin Hill wrote:
> On Thu May 02, 2013 at 09:26:55AM -0500, Barrett Lewis wrote:
>
> > That is a really good idea. At minimum I will ddrescue the failed drives.
> > But even if I do that, is there a way to reassemble the array (even with
> > new drives) now that those components are marked failed?
> >
> Yes, "mdadm -Af /dev/mdX" should reassemble the array, making use of the
> best set of drives available to get the array running - i.e. all the
> working drives plus the most-recently failed drive(s). It'll still be in
> a degraded state, but hopefully you can then get the other disk added
> (though you'll still have to keep your fingers crossed that there's no
> read error of any kind during the several days required to rebuild a 4T
> drive).
>
Sorry, got you mixed up with someone else there. Anyway, the command
should reassemble the array and allow you to get the rest of the data
off. You might want/need to also specify the disks/partitions it should
be using for the assembly.
Cheers,
Robin
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