Good morning Thomas, On 04/13/2015 03:29 PM, Thomas MARCHESSEAU wrote: > Mdadm —-assemble —- force /dev/md1 /dev/sdb …etc… /dev/sdh > And i’ve got a good feedback from de system : > Mdadm : forcing event count in /dev/sdg from 21954 to 21958 > Mdadm : forcing event count in /dev/sdh from 21954 to 21958 > Mdadm : clearing FAULTY flag for device 5 in /dev/md1 fo dev/sdg > Mdadm : clearing FAULTY flag for device 6 in /dev/md1 fo dev/sdh > Mdadm : making array /dev/md1 as ‘clean’ > Mdadm :/dev/md1 has bee started with 7 drives > > —> looks pretty good ! > > Mounting drive , and all seem ok . > 1 / i’m now BACKUPING the most important stuff . > 2 / i’ll backup all data > > -> this will probably require 2 days Very good to hear this. > what’s your advice for next step ? > - remove all md and rewrite a config ? > - move to raid6 ( is there a way to convert RAID5 to 6 ) ( > http://ewams.net/?date=2013/05/02&view=Converting_RAID5_to_RAID6_in_mdadm > ) Yes, just --add a spare device to the array, then --grow --level=6 to start a live reshape. > - re install a fresh clean system ? Not necessary. 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