From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NesYj-00038y-OM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:03:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E33EDE0CED for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:03:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37AFE0E43 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:11:17 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,435,1262563200"; d="scan'208";a="173022738" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 09 Feb 2010 15:11:16 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1AD314119 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:11:13 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <702F5366-D38F-4B0C-BD52-1250CBFAC6CB@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <201002091457.19162.joost@antarean.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:11:14 +0000 References: <5bdc1c8b1002070827i14f59047k39a695900ebe9889@mail.gmail.com> <20100209002757.0ec74d01@digimed.co.uk> <63F56C2B-97D3-4A98-9338-ED1D82FFAB1E@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <201002091457.19162.joost@antarean.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: 120aee58-70ed-4ae5-8e8f-e26dbcfae1ad X-Archives-Hash: b12c576e994933b915a129e91bad7b53 On 9 Feb 2010, at 13:57, J. Roeleveld wrote: > ... > With Raid (NOT striping) you can remove one disk, leaving the Raid- > array in a > reduced state. Then repartition the disk you removed, repartition > and then re- > add the disk to the array. Exactly. Except the partitions extend, in the same positions, across all the disks. You cannot remove one disk from the array and repartition it, because the partition is across the array, not the disk. The single disk, removed from a RAID 5 (specified by Paul Hartman) array does not contain any partitions, just one stripe of them. I apologise if I'm misunderstanding something here, or if your RAID works differently to mine. Stroller.