Not in /etc/mdadm.conf... Where else could it be defined? <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Lonni J Friedman <<a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com">netllama@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Are you sure that you don't have a spare designated somewhere? <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Eitan Tsur <<a href="mailto:eitan.tsur@gmail.com">eitan.tsur@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Ok, so here's what /proc/mdstat says after a clean reboot: > > Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] > md0 : active raid5 sdb1[0] sdc1[1] > 1465143808 blocks level 5, 256k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [UU_] > > md_d0 : inactive sdd[2](S) > 732574464 blocks > > unused devices: <none> > > I basically have to do: > >>mdadm --stop /dev/md_d0 >>mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sdd1 >>cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] > md0 : active raid5 sdd1[3] sdb1[0] sdc1[1] > 1465143808 blocks level 5, 256k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [UU_] > [>....................] recovery = 0.4% (3269252/732571904) > finish=153.7min speed=79057K/sec > > unused devices: <none> > > Furthermore, the first time I saw this, it was /dev/sdb that had dropped. > Yesterday it was /dev/sdc. Today it's /dev/sdd. That's what throws me off > about this whole thing. > > Regards, > -Eitan- > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Lonni J Friedman <<a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com">netllama@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: >> >> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Eitan Tsur <<a href="mailto:eitan.tsur@gmail.com">eitan.tsur@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > I just recently installed a 3-disk RAID5 array in a server of mine, >> > running >> > FC9. Upon reboot, one of the drives drops out, and is allocated as a >> > spare. >> > I suspect there is some sort of issue where DBUS re-arranges the >> > drive-to-device maps between boots, but I am not sure... Just kind of >> > annoying to have to stop and re-add a drive every boot, and wait the >> > couple >> > hours for the array to rebuild the 3rd disk. Any thoughts? Anyone else >> > encountered such an issue before? What should I be looking for? I'm new >> > to >> > the world of RAID, so any information you can give may be helpful. >> >> What's in /etc/mdadm.conf, /proc/mdstat and dmesg when this fails ? >> -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman <a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com">netllama@gmail.com</a> LlamaLand <a href="https://netllama.linux-sxs.org" target="_blank">https://netllama.linux-sxs.org</a> -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> Guidelines: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>