Re: RAID: one disk missing when creating the array
Bhasker C V <bhasker@unixindia.com> wrote:
> I created an array /dev/md0
> --level=5 --raid-devices=4 /dev/sd[bcde]
> I get this in mdstat
> Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
> md0 : active raid5 sde[4] sdd[2] sdc[1] sdb[0]
> 5860148736 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/3]
> [UUU_]
> [>....................] recovery = 1.9% (38611052/1953382912)
> finish=973.1min speed=32793K/sec
> Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
> 0 8 16 0 active sync /dev/sdb
> 1 8 32 1 active sync /dev/sdc
> 2 8 48 2 active sync /dev/sdd
> 4 8 64 3 spare rebuilding /dev/sde
> where I see 0,1,2,4 as devices (3 is missing)
> Am I doing anything wrong ? Can someone tell me how to fix this please ?
This is normal with how RAID5/6 arrays are initialized by the Linux
kernel. Let it finish its rebuild and all will be fine.
Grüße,
Sven.
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Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.
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