Software RAID..

Kelly77 · 09-14-2013, 06:48 PM

Hello ..

I have a centos 6 system installed with a software RAID1 .. then after a couple of years I realized I made a mistake cause I need the space on the other hard drive..

is there a way to disable software raid for good without having to reinstall the system?? cause I can't afford to format and start over cause I have so many softwares and modules and stuff installed..

any help would be really appreciated..

Thanks..

mostlyharmless · 09-15-2013, 02:09 AM

Well, you could degrade your raid 1 to a single disk by removing the disk you want to use... not exactly what you asked but it'd work. "Remove" as in mdadm not physically

Kelly77 · 09-15-2013, 04:11 AM

it's an internet server .. and I need the space on the other drive for the websites..

any help??

NyteOwl · 09-15-2013, 05:02 PM

This might help.

http://forums.opensuse.org/english/g...sing-data.html

jefro · 09-15-2013, 07:54 PM

For the most part mostlyharmless may have the easy answer. I have some computers that have drives that have gone bad and just left them until we get some maint time.

It has been a very long time but I feel sure I read how to undo it for good.