On Wed, 07 Jul 2021, BW wrote: > I'm using ver. mdadm-4.1-24.3.1.x86_64 / openSUSE kernel 15.3 > > It's only when the array is active you get a raid-level, if the array > is inactive, as in my example, you will not get the raid-level (and > State, Persistence). > Yes, that is correct. When the array is inactive, it is not an active array. It has no level or state. It is just a bunch of drives. If you want to see what might happen when you activate the array, you need to --examine the indiividual drives. NeilBrown
