Re: modifying degraded raid 1 then re-adding other members is bad

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> Why we're updating it BACKWARD in the first place?
>
>To avoid writing to spares when it isn't needed - some people want
>their spare drives to go to sleep.

That sounds a little dangerous. What if it decrements below 0?


Jan Engelhardt
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