From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: SandeepKsinha Subject: Re: Change Chunk Size on Array? Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 20:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <23514897.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <16137381.post@talk.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <16137381.post@talk.nabble.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids crshman wrote: > > Hello All, > > I wanted to know if it were possible to change the chunk size on an array > after it has been created. I have a software raid 5 comprised of 7 drives > with a chunk size of 64k. I wanted to up that to 1024k, would this be > possible without losing any data? This isn't mission critical so it is ok > if i need to stop the array first, however I'd rather not lose any data. > It is possible to change the chunksize but for the same you would need to offline your array. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Change-Chunk-Size-on-Array--tp16137381p23514897.html Sent from the linux-raid mailing list archive at Nabble.com.