Replacing a failing Mirror Disk in a Software RAID1 Array with mdadm

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This article provides an example to outline the steps required for replacing a defective drive in a software RAID (mdadm) setup. Let’s outline a real scenario I encountered yesterday. I have a mirrored (RAID1) array, and I just received an email alert from mdadm monitoring, indicating that a “Degraded Array event has been detected on … Read more