[BlueOnyx:07919] Software RAID rebuild faster

[Richard Morgan]

Hi, hope someone can help...

I have to go to the data centre tomorrow (a two hour drive each way) to swap a failed disk - my tests and experience make me think that the RAID1 rebuild will take about five hours for the 1TB disks.  As I also want to replace the current good disk with a new one it means waiting for the rebuild to complete.

Is there anyway to speed this up?  I've experimented with 'top' then 'r' for renice - changing it to -15 or -20, etc.  It doesn't make much difference.  I was wondering if there was anything else I could do even if the server is offline for a while.

Here's hoping :o), Richard
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