[NCLUG] sw raid, recovery after install

[Quentin Hartman]

That is normal for when it's initially being created, in my experience at
least. It's generally a good idea to avoid using it until it's fully synced
up.


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Matt Rosing <rosing at peakfive.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I added a raid 5 to my computer with 3 identical drives. I mounted it. I
> moved files to it. It looks like it's working. Then I looked at
> /proc/mdstat and it says it's recovering:
>
> -------------
> root at phoenix:/var/log# cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
> md0 : active raid5 sdb[0] sdd[3] sdc[1]
>        2930274304 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2
> [3/2] [UU_]
>        [========>............]  recovery = 40.6% (595347620/1465137152)
> finish=235.8min speed=61467K/sec
>
> unused devices: <none>
> -----------
>
> Is it normal to be recovering a disk right after the raid is created? It
> could very well be that I set it up incorrectly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>
>
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