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Adding drives to a RAID 10 Array

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How would I grow a RAID10 array using mdadm? Obviously I would need to add 2 drives at a time, or would it have to be 4 drives? I have a feeling its just a bad idea. Or would be just wiser to just opt for RAID5?

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To grow RAID 10 you need mdadm in version min. 3.3 and kernel version min 3.5. You need also an even number of disks - unpaired ones can only work as a spare or, eventually, to grow into degradated mode (not tested). Here goes the example of growing…

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