On 2014-09-05, Bob Marcan <bob.marcan at gmail.com> wrote: > > When the disk dies, the replacement disk must be exactly the same size. > Been there, done that. > I allways make partition few GB smaller than the physical size. > It's not always possible to get the same type of the replacement disk. I thought that newer versions of md could accomodate small size differences (just as hardware RAID controllers can). I know I have an md array with at least two different drive models (though IIRC all from the same manufacturer). --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us