Questions tagged [mdadm]
A linux utility used to manage software RAID devices.
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Can iostat output show mismatched read data for mdadm raid5 array?
I'm trying to understand this iostat output:
tps kB_read/s kB_wrtn/s kB_dscd/s kB_read kB_wrtn kB_dscd Device
500.30 58.9M 19.4k 0.0k 329.1G ...
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How does mdadm decide which disk to read from in mirrored arrays?
What exactly is the logic used to decide which block to read from diskA vs diskB in a mirrored array?
Thanks
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Raid 5 is brocken after replace a disk
My server mailed me that one of my disks failed to read a block. So I decide to replace it before it failed completely. I added a new disk and replace the failing one.
sudo mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --...
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mount: /dev/md0: can't read superblock
I have a Raid 5 with 4 disk and is not working, I can't detect what disk is failing for replacement
Could you help me?
Thanks in advance
Here is some information
root@debian:~# mount /dev/md0 /mnt/
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Moving raid array from USB to SATA
I have a raid 1 array of two 2TB drives which I set up a while ago, both of them were connected through a sata->usb adapter (external HDD cases). Now I moved them into a proper PC but mdadm does ...
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mdadm & unused space before superblock: How much space is lost when creating RAID arrays?
When creating a RAID array, data about structure and state of the array (metadata) must be stored somewhere.
Is this the task of the "superblock" described in https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/...
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After Reboot Ubuntu 20.04 - RAID10 goes INACTIVE
I installed RAID 10 on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04
By the Following commands:
1. mdadm --examine /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde /dev/sdf
sudo parted /dev/sdc mklabel gpt
sudo parted /dev/sdd mklabel gpt
sudo ...
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From mdadm raid to LVM (raid or mirror) decisions and how to monitor
We are migrating some server from linux raids (0 and 1) to LVM with stripe or mirrors.
At the moment our systems are mainly configured something like
| /tmp - /home - /others
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“root account locked” after removing one RAID1 hard disc
I tried this out in a VirtualMachine to hope I can learn somethign.
Problem
My Debian 10 does not boot anymore and tells me that I am in emergency mode and Cannot open access to console, the root ...
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How to recreate boot partition to boot my ubuntu on mdadm
I installed ubuntu 20.04 on esxi 7.0.
4ssd passthrough as raid 10 mounted on /, with a virtual disk as boot partition.
now virtual disk lost.
how to recreate boot partition to restore my system?
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Unpartition mdadm /dev/md3p1 btrfs
I have a synology nas with a one single HDD. Synology SW partitioned that "Basic" storage to 3 partitions.
1,2 are raid for SW, and the 3rd is a member of mdadm raid. After my NAS felt to ...
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Optimal way to create mdadm raid 1 on USB adapter and then put it into slot on motherboard
I'm looking for the optimal way how to perform the task.
On one of my debian servers:
I have 2xSSD connected via USB adapter (no free ports on motherboard)
I need to create RAID 1 MDADM array (2USB ...
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How is 'mdadm' stopped from doing an auto scan at startup?
Debian 10 VM has no software based RAID config, neither is there any intention of creating a software based (mdadm) RAID array.
mdadm is installed purely as a dependency for cockpit-storaged
mdadm ...
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Rebuilding mdadm RAID-5 from existing disks (2/3)
I have a server running Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS with 3 x 3TB drives in a RAID-5 setup. A few days ago my system jumped into recovery mode and it seemed to have something to do with the array. ...
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mdadm: power failure during raid1 rebuild
RAID1 array created with mdadm; array was rebuilding when there was a power failure. On coming back up, the array seems to be dead.
# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1]
md0 : inactive sdb1[2](S) ...
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mdadm - Attempted to move raid array to new system, superblocks gone?
I attempted to move a mdadm raid 1 array to a different system this evening.
I took the 2 SSDs out of one system and put them in another, then booted that system.
I opened gparted to check what the ...
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How to change the file system of a partition in a RAID 1?
First, sorry if the question has already been asked and correctly answered, I did not find anything that satisfies me.
I rent a dedicated machine in a datacenter, the machine run with a Debian 10 and ...
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Write performance is 5 times worse with LUKS on top of mdadm RAID10 than without LUKS
I have servers with many NVMe disks. I am testing disk performance with fio using the following:
fio --name=asdf --rw=randwrite --direct=1 --ioengine=libaio --bs=16k --numjobs=8 --size=10G --runtime=...
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mount mdadm / bcache device at boot failing
I am setting up an mdadm raid1 array with an nvme ssd as a cache drive. I followed this instruction https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/bcache.html to set it up
everything works fine, ...
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Debian 10: mdadm raid superblocks “dissappear” after reboot?
I'm very confused by some issues I'm having with a raid setup with mdadm.
I have a Debian 10 system, which I installed a KVM VM on, to use as a NAS server. I had problems with the raid superblocks ...
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mdadm RAID5 array recovery stops without SCSI errors
I have an md-based RAID5 array which has been working without issue for about 2 years. Yesterday I've had spontaneous disk and/or PHY resets on one disk (but not actual read errors). md marked the ...
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linux software raid in virtual environment case
I created a virtual machine VMware Workstation with two disks.
Installed in it Centos 8 with software raid 1 using the Anaconda installer
After turning off the virtual machine and removing one disk, ...
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Increase space by growing mdadm RAID10 from 4 to 6 (and more)
I'm running Centos 7.8 with mdadm v4.1
I have 4 NVMe (3.2TB each) configured in a RAID 10, so 50% usable space (6.4TB):
Personalities : [raid10]
md0 : active raid10 nvme5n1p16 nvme4n1p15 nvme0n1p1[4] ...
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Possible solutions for Linux mdadm “raid5” over devices with different sizes?
I have server with 5 disks of 4TB, 2 with 8TB, and 1 10TB.
I'd like to bundle them all together into Raid5/Raid6.
As far as I understand one cannot do it nicely with disks of varying sizes.
But I ...
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mdadm RAID 10 filesystem corruption — recoverable?
PROBLEM: I had a degraded disk in my RAID 10 array which I created using mdadm. I first removed the disk, replaced it with a new one, but when I rebuilt, I got an error saying it couldn't detect the ...
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Added 4Tb HDD to Iomega IX2-200 but cannot extend the volume
I have a Iomega IX2-200 which came with 2Tb (1.8Tb usable) space.
It has two disks set up as RAID1.
I am trying to upgrade this to 4Tb disks.
So far this is the process I have followed:
Remove the ...
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MDADM RAID-1 “not large enough to join array” on identical partition tables
I have two disks with identical partition tables (sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sudo sfdisk /dev/sdb) that mdadm refuses to merge as a RAID-1 array.
$ sudo mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdb1
mdadm: /...
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Virtual disks raid 10 array with ramdisk cache using bcache
I was trying to simulate a scenario with mdadm and bcache. I created 4 raw img files using qemu-img. I have created raid 10 using mdadm and created tmpfs on /mnt/ramdisk and created a raw ramdisk.img ...
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Using Intel fakeraid (imsm) on Linux - can I move the drives to a new server?
I'm using Dell Precision T3610 towers as Linux servers for various applications. These have Intel "Rapid Storage Technology" controllers onboard, with a rudimentary RAID functionality, ...
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Using mdadm - RAID1 array doesn't mirror other disk
Currently I am building a nextcloud server on Ubuntu 20.04. I got one disk for the OS to run on a 320GB harddisk. And I want the data directory to be in a raid1 array, because if one drive fails we ...
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Recommended approach for booting from Linux software RAID for redundancy
I am looking for the recommended approach to setting up software RAID (using mdadm) on Centos 8 to provide redundancy.
In my setup I have 4 identical disks, but I assume the answer should also be ...
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Is it possible to send mdadm alerts using s-nail instead of postfix?
I run a mailcow server. I am able to send mail using s-nail from the terminal. I'd like to tell mdadm to just use that when sending email alerts, but when I run mdadm --monitor --scan --test -1, it ...
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How to take backups resilient to data corruption , fast and reliable on Linux? [closed]
I need a resilient backup solution. I was using tar with pigz, however I am afraid of tar.gz corruption and losing data. Projects are between 4TB - 25TB of data for each project folder. We are talking ...
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Very bad write speed on mdadm RAID1 with SSDs
I have two Samsung 860 QVO in RAID1 with mdadm. The write speed of a single disc is around 450MB/s. I reach a maximum of 70MB/s on the RAID 1. The reading speed is normal.
xfs is used as the file ...
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mdadm alerts configuration
I have a dedicated server in OVH. mdadm is installed and configured automatically, but I need configure scans and alerts.
I checked some guides in internet but I'm not safe that this is the correct ...
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How can I configure Smartmontools in a server with SSD NVMe?
I have server with two SSD NVMe in RAID1. This server have CloudLinux and cPanel, and he installed automatically Smartmontools.
What command I need use for Smartmontools monitorize the SSD?:
-This?: ...
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Why Megaraid-sas and mdadm Raid 1+0 = Raid 10 Slow actual read speeds?
One of raid cards were giving multibit ecc ram module failure , thats why I am moving 60TB of data from one server to another ...
Getting 60-100 Mb/s read speeds 3 Megaraid sas raid1 s 8+8+6 x 10TB ...
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mdadm fails to automount array with dependencies to other arrays and external bitmap
My setup is a bit atypical in order to reuse some old disks (I'm aware of the performance disadvantages but I don't want to throw away fine disks). It's a raid5 of two 6T disks, a raid0 of 2x3T disks ...
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Folder in Ubuntu Became a File and the other Show Question Mark in Owner/Group
I encountered a very weird issue, appreciate if someone could help. One of my folder stored in a LVM2 XFS filesystem (mdadm RAID6), silently became a file and a folder showing question mark on both ...
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how to get disks on a PERC H310 visible again
My setup : small home server with Asrock H67M-ITX, CPU : i3-2120T, PERC H310 RAID with 7 disks all passthrough (I use MDADM for the raid functionality). The system (Ubuntu 20.04) is on a SSD connected ...
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RAID 5 reshape halted after hardware failure, tried to add disk again but, now it is added as spare
I have a 4 disk RAID5 (at a system with centos7).
Space was all used up, so decided to add another disk and grow the array.
So purchased a SATA card, added it to the machine and added disk on it.
Then ...
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Rebooted Ubuntu, Raid6 degraded, Raid5 ok [closed]
Boot Drive is a WD 1TB SSD running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...
I have 2 arrays running off 1 LSI Card...
16 x 8tb IronWolf inside a RaidMachine (Raid 6) [my main data]
11 x 10tb Exos inside a SuperMicro (Raid ...
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ddrescue of a software RAID drive to an .img file, trying to mount results in unknown filesystem type 'linux_raid_member'
I had a Linux sofware RAID10 fail 2 disks on me and after I tried to force an assembly with the start a RAID10 with 2 disks trick, all I got was an empty lost&found directory. So I ran a ddrescue ...
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Struggling to grow my physical VDO size after MD grow
I'm hitting a bit of a brick wall here with vdo growPhysical -n pool. I've recently replaced my 3TB HDD's with 4TB HDD's in an md RAID5 array, which is now showing the correct capacity (8TB) but not ...
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SMART failure of a 4 disk software RAID10, mdadm, 2 drives show REMOVED state
Running Fedora 32 connected to a 4-port e-sata. One of the drives is clearly failing, with this message in the logs:
smartd[1169]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], FAILED SMART self-check. BACK UP DATA NOW!
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How to interpret conflicting status data between `smartctl` and `mdadm`?
I have a HDD which is a member of a RAID10 array.
smartctl and mdadm give me conflicting indications of its status.
smartctl claims that the disk is FAILED:
$ sudo smartctl -H /dev/sdf
smartctl 7.0 ...
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Linux MD RAID with btrfs stuck and consume 100 % CPU
The issue
During last several weeks, I am experiencing annoying issue on my physical server with Linux software RAID 6 (md, mdadm) with btrfs file system on it.
Once in several days (irregularly, as ...
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Raid software (mdadm) has unexpected size
I have a server with 4 hard drives at 4 To (3.7 TiB).
I first created a partition on each drive with type "fd" (Linux Raid Autodetect).
Then, I configured a RAID 10 using mdadm with the following ...
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Is my mdadm RAID1 running?
Sorry for the stupid question but I'm really confused.
Is my RAID1 running and in a good health?
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux ...
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How beneficial are self-healing filesystems for general usage?
I have recently looked into advanced filesystems (Btrfs, ZFS) for data redundancy and availability and got interested in the additional functionality they provide, especially their "self-healing" ...
