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[Help] Can I cancel a RAID upgrade or sync task?

Posted: 17 Dec 2025, 10:59
by starkebn
F4-425

I had a TRAID using 3x 10TB drives, then I added a 4th 10TB drive.

I can't remember now, but I think when I added the 4th drive I may have selected an upgrade to TRAID+ thinking it was just a more advanced version of the TRAID system. I now know it is actually double redundant parity drives, but I would prefer the higher capacity and only one redundant drive. The system has completed one full synchronization task and is currently still listed as just TRAID, and it looks like I could expand the volume BUT it has immediately started a new synchronization task and I'm worried it's converting to TRAID+

Is there a way to see what the sync task is doing? Or to cancel a sync task or TRAID to TRAID+ upgrade? I'm happy to use ssh terminal if that's possible.

Re: [Help] Can I cancel a RAID upgrade or sync task?  [SOLVED]

Posted: 17 Dec 2025, 15:31
by CursaYang
You can enter the following command in the terminal to view the current array status:

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cat /proc/mdstat

Re: [Help] Can I cancel a RAID upgrade or sync task?

Posted: 17 Dec 2025, 17:28
by starkebn
okay, I think the raid has turned out the way I need it regardless - thanks for the advice anyway

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cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [multipath] [faulty]
md0 : active raid5 sda4[0] sdd4[3] sdc4[2] sdb4[1]
      29265599328 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 4k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]
      bitmap: 2/73 pages [8KB], 65536KB chunk

md8 : active raid1 sdb3[0] sda3[1]
      1997824 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
      bitmap: 1/1 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk

md9 : active raid1 sdb2[2] sda2[1]
      7995392 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
      bitmap: 1/1 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk

unused devices: <none>

Re: [Help] Can I cancel a RAID upgrade or sync task?

Posted: 17 Dec 2025, 18:46
by CursaYang
It seems the current array is still TRAID, with only one hard drive's worth of redundancy remaining.