> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of > israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:50 AM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] blocks 256k chunks on RAID 1 > > Hi, I have a RAID 1 (using mdadm) on CentOS Linux and in > /proc/mdstat I > see this: > > md7 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1] > 26627648 blocks [2/2] [UU] [-->> it's OK] > md1 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0] > 4192896 blocks [2/2] [UU] [-->> it's OK] > md2 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1] > 4192832 blocks [2/2] [UU] [-->> it's OK] > md3 : active raid1 sdb6[1] sda6[0] > 4192832 blocks [2/2] [UU] [-->> it's OK] > md4 : active raid1 sdb7[1] sda7[0] > 4192832 blocks [2/2] [UU] [-->> it's OK] > md5 : active raid0 sdb8[1] sda8[0] > 8385536 blocks 256k chunks [-->>>>>> What's the meaning of > this? Is it > an error on the hdds? What can I do to fix this?] It means that md5 is a stripe set between the 4th logical partition of sda and the 4th logical partition of sdb and it was created using a chunk size of 256k. Does any of that ring a bell? Do you remember creating it and the options you used to create it? -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.