Ubuntu Server Software RAID1

Question

I run a server with Ubuntu Server 11.04 x64.

Ever since I set up that server from scratch configuring it with RAID 1 (software), I have been getting this error in email from the daily cronjobs.

    A DegradedArray event had been detected on md device /dev/md/0.

    Faithfully yours, etc.

    P.S. The /proc/mdstat file currently contains the following:

    Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
    md0 : active raid1 sda1[0]
      248820 blocks super 1.2 [2/1] [U_]

    unused devices: <none>

Answer 1

You are missing a drive in your RAID array.

248820 blocks super 1.2 [2/1] [U_]

That line right there tells you the issue.

Check your DMESG and see if it's detecting your other disk, also with software Raid I run smartmon on all my drives to make sure they are ok. You could have had your second disk go bad, and you didnt know it.

Now to fix this you just need to run this command, assuming your second drive of your array is sdb.

mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdb1

Answer 2

It means the mirror is broken — only sda1 still be in the RAID. You can try adding the 2nd disk into in with mdadm /dev/md/0 -a /dev/2ND_DISK_NAME_PART_NUM, IIRC.