mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from XX drives - not enough to start the array while not clean - consider --force.

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Issue

  • mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from XX drives - not enough to start the array while not clean - consider --force.
  • After reboot, not able to start/assemble md array.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • RAID 6
  • Software RAID [mdadm]

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