RAID1 restoring and upgrading
I have a server running CentOS 5 in a software Raid 1 (2 Drives)
One of the drives has degraded and these drives are SATA 250GB @ 3Gbps not 6Gbps, I was wondering what If I slapped in a 500GB @ 6Gbps HDD would Linux automatically rebuild on the new drive without an issue?
I asked this because I want to migrate the drive to a newer hdd without having to reinstall everything. Or is my only option going to be to migrate with some other process like clonezilla (except i've read that clonevilla will not clone software/fake raid)
raid-1 centos-5
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
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I have a server running CentOS 5 in a software Raid 1 (2 Drives)
One of the drives has degraded and these drives are SATA 250GB @ 3Gbps not 6Gbps, I was wondering what If I slapped in a 500GB @ 6Gbps HDD would Linux automatically rebuild on the new drive without an issue?
I asked this because I want to migrate the drive to a newer hdd without having to reinstall everything. Or is my only option going to be to migrate with some other process like clonezilla (except i've read that clonevilla will not clone software/fake raid)
raid-1 centos-5
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
111
If your software raid is mdadm then you should be able to create a partition on your new drive that matches the partition on the other, and load that into the raid. It will rebuild it gradually and you can check the progress in /proc/mdstat. This explains it: howtoforge.com/replacing_hard_disks_in_a_raid1_array
– gandaliter
Jan 7 at 21:44
Wahyit Cheung, what's the motherboard make and model, the drive make and model,, and how did you generate the Software RAID array? Please click edit and update your question with this useful information.
– K7AAY
Jan 7 at 22:06
Ill try and find that information, but the raid was configured with CentOS software raid during the installation process, its not like Intel raid I assume its more like windows raid.
– Wahyit Cheung
Jan 7 at 22:28
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I have a server running CentOS 5 in a software Raid 1 (2 Drives)
One of the drives has degraded and these drives are SATA 250GB @ 3Gbps not 6Gbps, I was wondering what If I slapped in a 500GB @ 6Gbps HDD would Linux automatically rebuild on the new drive without an issue?
I asked this because I want to migrate the drive to a newer hdd without having to reinstall everything. Or is my only option going to be to migrate with some other process like clonezilla (except i've read that clonevilla will not clone software/fake raid)
raid-1 centos-5
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
111
I have a server running CentOS 5 in a software Raid 1 (2 Drives)
One of the drives has degraded and these drives are SATA 250GB @ 3Gbps not 6Gbps, I was wondering what If I slapped in a 500GB @ 6Gbps HDD would Linux automatically rebuild on the new drive without an issue?
I asked this because I want to migrate the drive to a newer hdd without having to reinstall everything. Or is my only option going to be to migrate with some other process like clonezilla (except i've read that clonevilla will not clone software/fake raid)
raid-1 centos-5
raid-1 centos-5
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
111
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
111
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
111
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
111
asked Jan 7 at 21:19
Wahyit CheungWahyit Cheung
111
111
If your software raid is mdadm then you should be able to create a partition on your new drive that matches the partition on the other, and load that into the raid. It will rebuild it gradually and you can check the progress in /proc/mdstat. This explains it: howtoforge.com/replacing_hard_disks_in_a_raid1_array
– gandaliter
Jan 7 at 21:44
Wahyit Cheung, what's the motherboard make and model, the drive make and model,, and how did you generate the Software RAID array? Please click edit and update your question with this useful information.
– K7AAY
Jan 7 at 22:06
Ill try and find that information, but the raid was configured with CentOS software raid during the installation process, its not like Intel raid I assume its more like windows raid.
– Wahyit Cheung
Jan 7 at 22:28
add a comment |
If your software raid is mdadm then you should be able to create a partition on your new drive that matches the partition on the other, and load that into the raid. It will rebuild it gradually and you can check the progress in /proc/mdstat. This explains it: howtoforge.com/replacing_hard_disks_in_a_raid1_array
– gandaliter
Jan 7 at 21:44
Wahyit Cheung, what's the motherboard make and model, the drive make and model,, and how did you generate the Software RAID array? Please click edit and update your question with this useful information.
– K7AAY
Jan 7 at 22:06
Ill try and find that information, but the raid was configured with CentOS software raid during the installation process, its not like Intel raid I assume its more like windows raid.
– Wahyit Cheung
Jan 7 at 22:28
If your software raid is mdadm then you should be able to create a partition on your new drive that matches the partition on the other, and load that into the raid. It will rebuild it gradually and you can check the progress in /proc/mdstat. This explains it: howtoforge.com/replacing_hard_disks_in_a_raid1_array
– gandaliter
Jan 7 at 21:44
If your software raid is mdadm then you should be able to create a partition on your new drive that matches the partition on the other, and load that into the raid. It will rebuild it gradually and you can check the progress in /proc/mdstat. This explains it: howtoforge.com/replacing_hard_disks_in_a_raid1_array
– gandaliter
Jan 7 at 21:44
Wahyit Cheung, what's the motherboard make and model, the drive make and model,, and how did you generate the Software RAID array? Please click edit and update your question with this useful information.
– K7AAY
Jan 7 at 22:06
Wahyit Cheung, what's the motherboard make and model, the drive make and model,, and how did you generate the Software RAID array? Please click edit and update your question with this useful information.
– K7AAY
Jan 7 at 22:06
Ill try and find that information, but the raid was configured with CentOS software raid during the installation process, its not like Intel raid I assume its more like windows raid.
– Wahyit Cheung
Jan 7 at 22:28
Ill try and find that information, but the raid was configured with CentOS software raid during the installation process, its not like Intel raid I assume its more like windows raid.
– Wahyit Cheung
Jan 7 at 22:28
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If your software raid is mdadm then you should be able to create a partition on your new drive that matches the partition on the other, and load that into the raid. It will rebuild it gradually and you can check the progress in /proc/mdstat. This explains it: howtoforge.com/replacing_hard_disks_in_a_raid1_array
– gandaliter
Jan 7 at 21:44
Wahyit Cheung, what's the motherboard make and model, the drive make and model,, and how did you generate the Software RAID array? Please click edit and update your question with this useful information.
– K7AAY
Jan 7 at 22:06
Ill try and find that information, but the raid was configured with CentOS software raid during the installation process, its not like Intel raid I assume its more like windows raid.
– Wahyit Cheung
Jan 7 at 22:28