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How to resize a soft RAID using mdadm (by replacing the old disks)
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If you have a linux software RAID (in this case RAID 5) and you want to resize it, you can do it by replacing underlying disks with larger ones. This is a step-by-step guide on how to do it without loosing data and without having to copy data across.
14/04/2025
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SMART Log Decoder (both Seagate and non-Seagate)
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On Seagate disks, the SMART attributes are often encoded in a way that requires special handling, such as Raw_Read_Error_Rate and Seek_Error_Rate. This tool helps decode and interpret those attributes for better understanding of the drive's health.
11/04/2025
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How to use less with colored output
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If we try to use less on an application with colored output it will get messy like this:
$ terraform plan | less (...) Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols: ESC[33m~ESC[0m update in-place ESC[0m Terraform will perform the following actions: ESC[1m # module.spinnaker.kubernetes_default_service_account.default_saESC[0m will be updated in-placeESC[0mESC[0m ESC[0m ESC[33m~ESC[0mESC[0m resource "kubernetes_default_service_account" "default_sa" { ESC[1mESC[0midESC[0mESC[0m = "spinnaker-green/default" ESC[90m# (2 unchanged attributes hidden)ESC[0mESC[0m ESC[31m-ESC[0m ESC[0msecret { ESC[31m-ESC[0m ESC[0mESC[1mESC[0mnameESC[0mESC[0m = "default-token-m2z4q" ESC[90m->ESC[0m ESC[0mESC[90mnullESC[0mESC[0m } ESC[90m# (1 unchanged block hidden)ESC[0mESC[0m } ESC[0mESC[1mPlan:ESC[0m 0 to add, 1 to change, 0 to destroy. ESC[0mESC[90m (...)22/10/2021
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