Re: Stopping and starting a RAID1 :Invalid argument

2006-10-08 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
try to assemble the array instead, --run is trying to start a partially built array, --stop deactivated the array and released all resources, so --run will NOT work, use --assemble (-A) instead. Good luck Jim -- Original Message --- From: Ian Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Multiple raids on one machine?

2006-06-25 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
use LVM, that way you can resize the volumns -- Original Message --- From: Chris Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Sent: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:37:01 +0100 Subject: Multiple raids on one machine? Back to my 12 terabyte fileserver, I have decided to split the

HELP 13 disk raid 5 not starting

2005-11-15 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
all, I have a 13 disk raid 5 set with 4 disks marks as clean and the rest marked as dirty. When I do the following command to start the raid set (md0) I get an error. Any ideas on how to recover? This is a debian sarge system running kernel 2.6.8-1-686-smp and mdadm version v1.4.0 - 29 Oct

Re: HELP 13 disk raid 5 not starting

2005-11-15 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
I believe there were data access errors on the console (scrolling to fast to read). I will try the force and see what happends. -- Original Message --- From: Neil Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Sent: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:16:22

Re: HELP 13 disk raid 5 not starting

2005-11-15 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
Neil, Thanks for the reply, the --force worked great, md0 is syncing now, I will run testing against my database once the sync completes in 400 minutes. Jim -- Original Message --- From: Neil Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Sent:

Re: HELP 13 disk raid 5 not starting

2005-11-15 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
The disks contain a ~2TB Postgresql database so i was unable to copy to another system. The force worked as suggested by Neil. Thanks for the reply Jim -- Original Message --- From: Dan Stromberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Neil Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Re: [PERFORM] Postgres on RAID5

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
All, I have a 13 disk (250G each) software raid 5 set using 1 16 port adaptec SATA controller. I am very happy with the performance. The reason I went with the 13 disk raid 5 set was for the space NOT performance. I have a single postgresql database that is over 2 TB with about 500 GB