[Gllug] Problems rebuilding a RAID5 array after a failed disc on Centos 5

Jasper Wallace jasper at pointless.net
Sat Sep 25 19:59:31 UTC 2010


On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Oliver Howe wrote:

> I have a backup server configured with the following 3 RAID arrays

> So I rebooted it and went to the RAID controller (alt-3) which showed me the
> corrupt disc.
> I replaced the corrupt disc and told the controller to rebuild the array
> which it did. I then verified
> it via the controller.

It's possible that 'rebuild' means 'wipe and redo from scratch' so that
would of wiped the array, is there a repair or reconstruct alternative?

It may be worth while carefully reading the manual etc...

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