From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 7 01:41:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2950B16A404 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from js@sublimeip.com) Received: from miso.sublimeip.com (miso.sublimeip.com [203.12.0.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E33D713C45A for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:41:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from js@sublimeip.com) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by miso-mailfilter.sublimeip.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BF6C3F44B for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:16:15 +1000 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at miso.sublimeip.com Received: from miso.sublimeip.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (miso.sublimeip.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ez1Bm7CVHyap for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:16:11 +1000 (EST) Received: by miso.sublimeip.com (Postfix, from userid 80) id EEBC63F45F; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:16:10 +1000 (EST) Received: from 203.206.238.241 (SquirrelMail authenticated user justin) by webmail.dialix.com with HTTP; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:16:10 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <50896.203.206.238.241.1175908570.squirrel@webmail.dialix.com> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:16:10 +1000 (EST) From: "Justin Sullivan" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: atacontrol rebuild on non-identical disks X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:41:55 -0000 We have a (very) remote FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE system running on Asus RS120 hardware and historically configured with 2 identical SATA drives using atacontrol RAID1 and the system installed on ar0. One of the drives has died, however no identical replacement drive could be easily sourced at the remote location. So, attempting to get things back to normal RAID1 operation as quickly as possible we have tried a same size but non-identical drive and attempted an atacontrol rebuild. However, this is stuck indefinitely at 0% rebuild progess. While I'm aware that some RAID1 mechanisms e.g. CCD seem to insist on identical disks, the documentation isn't so clear on ATA and I figured it was worth a try. Does anyone know if it is possible to overcome the non-identical disk issue and allow ata RAID1 to work again? I've also considered keeping the current ar0 setup on the single working disk and setting up a gmirror RAID1 copy on the second disk would work. Current config info is as follows: >From atacontrol list: ATA channel 2: Master: ad4 Serial ATA v1.0 ATA channel 3: Master: ad6 Serial ATA v1.0 >From the permanently going nowhere rebuild output of atacontrol status: ar0: ATA RAID1 subdisks: ad4 ad6 status: REBUILDING 0% completed The WDC WD2000JD on ad4 is the functional system drive and orignial member of the RAID1 array. ad6 is the new "spare" and presumably is completely blank still at this stage. I realise that sourcing an identical drive is probably the right (or at least easy) answer. The original drives (WDC WD2000JD on ad4) are still available for purchase, just not anywhere near where the machine lives - so getting a replacement drive would be a logistically difficult and time-consuming exercise. Thanks, JS