Hello,
after a problem with my external disk enclosure my md-raid is broken.
if I do an assemble I got this:
root@server:~ # mdadm --assemble /dev/md2 /dev/sd[lmnop]1
mdadm: /dev/md2 assembled from 2 drives - not enough to start the array.
I assume the broblem is that the disks events counter has different
states:
root@server:~ # mdadm --examine /dev/sd[lmpno]1 | egrep -e "/dev/sd" -e
"Raid Level" -e Events -e "Device Role" -e "Array State"
/dev/sdl1:
Raid Level : raid5
Events : 253626
Device Role : Active device 0
Array State : AA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
/dev/sdm1:
Raid Level : raid5
Events : 253626
Device Role : Active device 1
Array State : AA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
/dev/sdn1:
Raid Level : raid5
Events : 253618
Device Role : Active device 2
Array State : AAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
/dev/sdo1:
Raid Level : raid5
Events : 253618
Device Role : Active device 3
Array State : AAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
/dev/sdp1:
Raid Level : raid5
Events : 253618
Device Role : Active device 4
Array State : AAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
This raid is used for backup, I do rsync to this device and have for
every day on directory and I need some of the old data, so I need only a
way, to read some old files, and than it is no problem to clean the
disks and create it new. So I do not need the realy last state. If I got
the files which are some days old it will be ok, on this device normaly
I do not delete something, there come only new files and hardlinks to
the old ones.
So, do I have a chance to start it?
Gruß Alex
