On Apr 30 2007 13:54, Patrick_Boyd@Dell.com wrote:

But then the array needs to keep track of where data is so that it knows
what is "good" and what is "bad."

I assume it knows that, because you can reboot while an array is still
syncing and it Does The Right Thing. Furthermore, there is also the
relatively new mdadm -b option.

Instead it takes the array to a known
good state to start out with and you don't have to start out with blank
disks. 

Jan
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