Hello, I have a 4 disk raid 5 array which I can't reassmble after one drive in the array failed and caused the port-multiplier to reset multiple times which messed up the array. Is there any way to get the other 3 drives back in sync to re-assemble the array? Thanks, Andrew /dev/sdd1 and /dev/sde1 are both good. /dev/sdh1 is good but won't re-add. /dev/sdi1 is the failing drive. /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : b03879ae:9db37418:170a2e25:200f8b00 Name : movies:0 Creation Time : Sat Jul 16 03:53:42 2011 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 3907024896 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 5860536768 (5589.04 GiB 6001.19 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907024512 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=384 sectors State : clean Device UUID : c348a635:c282dd97:bfd9f4ab:b8a53b56 Update Time : Sat Apr 12 01:48:16 2014 Checksum : 71a5ebf9 - correct Events : 88746 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AA.. ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : b03879ae:9db37418:170a2e25:200f8b00 Name : movies:0 Creation Time : Sat Jul 16 03:53:42 2011 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 3907024896 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 5860536768 (5589.04 GiB 6001.19 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907024512 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=384 sectors State : clean Device UUID : be5b9988:f84c23af:3cab00f8:2bbf93b8 Update Time : Sat Apr 12 01:48:16 2014 Checksum : 8a42b420 - correct Events : 88746 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AA.. ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) (this is the other good disk that won't re-add) /dev/sdh1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : b03879ae:9db37418:170a2e25:200f8b00 Name : movies:0 Creation Time : Sat Jul 16 03:53:42 2011 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 3907024896 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 5860536768 (5589.04 GiB 6001.19 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907024512 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=384 sectors State : active Device UUID : 6ae605a9:fc15017b:e4f9ea88:95769e36 Update Time : Sat Apr 12 01:25:59 2014 Checksum : 858006ef - correct Events : 88291 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : AAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) (this is the failing disk) /dev/sdi1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : b03879ae:9db37418:170a2e25:200f8b00 Name : movies:0 Creation Time : Sat Jul 16 03:53:42 2011 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 3907024513 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Array Size : 5860536768 (5589.04 GiB 6001.19 GB) Used Dev Size : 3907024512 (1863.01 GiB 2000.40 GB) Data Offset : 384 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 2f05fa6e:67af6f2f:ad1560f3:d71735cf Update Time : Sat Apr 12 01:39:24 2014 Checksum : 2ef78fe - correct Events : 88730 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : AA.A ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) # mdadm --assemble --run --force -vvv /dev/md2 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md2 mdadm: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD4PLD3-part1 is not one of /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9CZB04511-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9BZB13889-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL001-9VT156_5YD1516L-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_Z1F31KGY-part1 mdadm: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD4PSMK-part1 is not one of /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9CZB04511-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9BZB13889-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL001-9VT156_5YD1516L-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_Z1F31KGY-part1 mdadm: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD4QHNL-part1 is not one of /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9CZB04511-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9BZB13889-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL001-9VT156_5YD1516L-part1,/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_Z1F31KGY-part1 mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md1. mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md3. mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md1. mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md3. mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md1. mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md3. mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md1. mdadm: Not a listed device for /dev/md3. mdadm: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9CZB04511-part1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9BZB13889-part1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL001-9VT156_5YD1516L-part1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_Z1F31KGY-part1 is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 3. mdadm: added /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9BZB13889-part1 to /dev/md2 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL001-9VT156_5YD1516L-part1 to /dev/md2 as 2 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_Z1F31KGY-part1 to /dev/md2 as 3 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2HGJ9CZB04511-part1 to /dev/md2 as 0 mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md2: Input/output error mdadm: Not enough devices to start the array. #smartctl -a /dev/sdh smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.6.11] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda Green (AF) Device Model: ST2000DL001-9VT156 Serial Number: 5YD1516L LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 02f1ca352 Firmware Version: CC96 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5900 rpm Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4 SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 3.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Apr 12 03:17:06 2014 EDT ==> WARNING: A firmware update for this drive may be available, see the following Seagate web pages: http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/207931en http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/218171en SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 612) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 331) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 123 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 670547944 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 085 071 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 59 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 079 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 97355585 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 073 073 000 Old_age Always - 23934 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 57 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 2 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 107375820845 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 070 058 045 Old_age Always - 30 (Min/Max 23/30) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 49 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 59 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 030 042 000 Old_age Always - 30 (0 19 0 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 123 099 000 Old_age Always - 670547944 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 147 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 178400056596126 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 3394475871 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 624855241 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 23933 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. 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