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Re: MD/RAID road-map 2011

24 February 2011, 10:37 UTC

RAID6 -> RAID1 can be done, but not as a single operation.

First you convert to RAID5.

Then you shrink that to 2 drives.

Then you convert (instantly) to RAID1

Then if you wanted RAID1 over more than 2 devices, you add the extra devices in.

I could possible teach mdadm to perform these three steps in sequence, but I'm not sure the demand would really justify it...




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