Update 2:
After a seemingly successful rebuild I rebooted and got the same issue, to fix it again I tried:
lex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md0
alex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ sudo mdadm -D /dev/md0
/dev/md0:
Version : 1.2
Raid Level : raid0
Total Devices : 2
Persistence : Superblock is persistent
State : inactive
Working Devices : 2
Name : SAN1:0 (local to host SAN1)
UUID : e25ff5c6:90186486:4f001b87:27056b4a
Events : 6058
Number Major Minor RaidDevice
- 8 0 - /dev/sda
- 8 16 - /dev/sdb
alex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md0 : inactive sdb[2](S) sda[0](S)
1953263024 blocks super 1.2
unused devices: <none>
alex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ sudo mdadm --stop /dev/md0
mdadm: stopped /dev/md0
alex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
unused devices: <none>
alex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ sudo mdadm -D /dev/md0
mdadm: cannot open /dev/md0: No such file or directory
alex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md0
mdadm: /dev/md0 has been started with 2 drives (out of 3).
alex@SAN1:/etc/apt$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md0 : active (auto-read-only) raid5 sda[0] sdb[2]
1953260544 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [UU_]
bitmap: 0/8 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk
unused devices: <none>
Any idea what's wrong with disk 3?