also sprach whollygoat@letterboxes.org <whollygoat@letterboxes.org> [2009.06.07.0457 +0200]:
> Can anyone tell me why the following command
> creates 2 spares instead of just one?
>
> # mdadm -C /dev/md0 -v -e1 -l5 -b internal \
> -n3 /dev/hde1 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdi1 \
> -x1 /dev/hdk1 --name FileServ -a yes
Give it time; the array first has to synchronise. Once that's done,
one spare will become part of the array.
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