Linux has speed limits on rebuilds, check
/proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_min
and echo new values into there.
Gerald
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I installed Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 LTS AMD64 on a HP ProLiant ML370 G3 (4 x dual-core/hyperthreaded Xeon 2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM) and I used the on-board SCSI controller to manage 8 x 300 GB 15K RPM SCSI drives in a software RAID 5 set up as a 7-drive array with 1 hot-spare drive. All drives are the exact same model with the same firmware version.
It's currently rebuilding the array (because I just created the array) and /proc/mdstat is reporting "finish=165.7min speed=25856K/sec". Does that sound "right" in the sense that it's the right order of magnitude? I though it should be higher, but I haven't set up such an array before, so I don't have anything to compare it to.
If it's slow, does anyone have a suggestion for speeding it up?
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