[CentOS] Software RAID resync

Fri May 8 05:53:18 UTC 2009
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

John R Pierce wrote:
> Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
>> A critical question repeated as I can't have this going on over the weekend and
>> have to get the system up before next 18 hours
>>
>>
>>   
>>> Q2. If I bring down the system, will the array reconstruction start from
>>>     beginning or from where it left off before reboot?
>>>     
> 
> 
> it resumes from where it left off.  it keeps track of the checkpoint 
> locations via the metadata it stores  in the last track of the partition 
> (I think thats where it is)

It should only take a couple of hours anyway unless there is a lot of 
other activity on the partition.  Something must be wrong with the 
controller or drive.

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   Les Mikesell
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