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@@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE
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is online. However it is still EXPERIMENTAL code. It should
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work, but please be sure that you have backups.
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- You will need a version of mdadm newer than 2.3.1. During the
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- early stage of reshape there is a critical section where live data
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- is being over-written. A crash during this time needs extra care
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- for recovery. The newer mdadm takes a copy of the data in the
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- critical section and will restore it, if necessary, after a crash.
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+ You will need mdadm verion 2.4.1 or later to use this
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+ feature safely. During the early stage of reshape there is
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+ a critical section where live data is being over-written. A
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+ crash during this time needs extra care for recovery. The
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+ newer mdadm takes a copy of the data in the critical section
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+ and will restore it, if necessary, after a crash.
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The mdadm usage is e.g.
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mdadm --grow /dev/md1 --raid-disks=6
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