# create a small raid1 array, make it larger. Then make it smaller mdadm -CR $md0 -e 0.90 --level raid1 --raid-disks 3 --size $[size/2] $dev1 $dev2 $dev3 check wait check state UUU testdev $md0 1 $[size/2] 1 mdadm --grow $md0 --size max check resync check wait testdev $md0 1 $mdsize0 1 mdadm --grow $md0 --size $[size/2] check nosync testdev $md0 1 $[size/2] 1 mdadm -S $md0 # same again with version 1.1 superblock mdadm -CR $md0 --level raid1 --metadata=1.1 --raid-disks 3 --size $[size/2] $dev1 $dev2 $dev3 check wait check state UUU testdev $md0 1 $[size/2] 1 mdadm --grow $md0 --size max check resync check wait testdev $md0 1 $mdsize1_l 1 mdadm --grow $md0 --size $[size/2] check nosync testdev $md0 1 $[size/2] 1 mdadm -S $md0