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XK0-005 · Question #316

XK0-005 Question #316: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is D: Grow the array size to four members.. With mdadm you need to grow the array, otherwise the drive will just be used as a spare in the

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Question

A systems administrator wants to increase the existing drive space on a Linux server with a software RAID. After physically adding the new drive to the system, and then adding the drive to the RAID array, the administrator notices the available drive space has not increased. A status of the array shows the new drive and the original storage space: md0 : active Raid sdd1[3]S sdc1[2] sdb1[1] sda1[0] 954585654 blocks level5 64K chunk algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU] Which of the following should the administrator do to make all storage space available on the RAID array?

Options

  • ARun to alert the kernel to a new drive.
  • BConvert the new drive to a hot spare.
  • CSet the RAID type to a RAID 1.
  • DGrow the array size to four members.

Explanation

With mdadm you need to grow the array, otherwise the drive will just be used as a spare in the

Topics

#RAID management#mdadm#Linux storage#Array expansion

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