Re: Converting from Raid 5 to 6

On 24 October 2011 14:11, Michael Busby [off-list ref] wrote:

At the moment i have a raid5 setup with 5 disks, i am looking to add a
6th disk and change from raid 5 to raid 6

having looked at Neil's site i have found the following command, and
just want to double check this is still the recommend way of
converting

mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --level=6 --raid-disks=6 --backup-file=/home/md.backup

also would i need to add the extra disk before or after the command?

cheers
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Hi,

I grew my 6 disk RAID5 to a 7 disk RAID6. First, add the drive. Then
partition it as required. Then add the drive to the array (I think
it'll become a spare?). Then you can grow it.

Make sure you're using the latest mdadm tools available.

Regards,
Mathias
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