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From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To: George Duffield <forumscollective@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Understanding raid array status: Active vs Clean
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:01:02 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140623120102.7d85ac52@notabene.brown> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG__1a4kX1gM+ntmcLkevCm6kwVbgSMGmPi-ec6+b1RGKznouw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:32:31 +0200 George Duffield
<forumscollective@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone give me some hints as to why this array would remain Active
> rather than report Clean?  Any help/ insights much appreciated.

It is a mystery.

> 
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 6:04 PM, George Duffield
> <forumscollective@gmail.com> wrote:
> > # cat /sys/block/md0/md/safe_mode_delay returns:
> >
> > 0.203
> >
> > changing the value to 0.500:
> > # echo 0.503 > /sys/block/md0/md/safe_mode_delay
> >
> > makes no difference to the array state.

What if you write a smaller number?  e.g. 0.1

What does /sys/block/md0/md/array_state show?
If you "echo clean" into that file, does that "fix" it?
Does it stay fixed if you write to the array?

NeilBrown


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  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-23  2:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-26 20:08 Understanding raid array status: Active vs Clean George Duffield
2014-05-28 18:05 ` George Duffield
2014-05-29  5:16 ` NeilBrown
2014-05-29  5:52   ` forumscollective
2014-05-29  6:06     ` NeilBrown
2014-06-17 14:31       ` George Duffield
2014-06-18 13:25         ` George Duffield
2014-06-18 14:31           ` George Duffield
2014-06-18 15:03           ` Robin Hill
2014-06-18 15:57             ` George Duffield
2014-06-18 16:04               ` George Duffield
2014-06-22 14:32                 ` George Duffield
2014-06-23  2:01                   ` NeilBrown [this message]
2014-06-28  3:01                     ` George Duffield
2014-06-28  5:29                       ` NeilBrown

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