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=== RAID 1 ===
=== RAID 1 ===


{{Root|mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1}}
{{Root|<nowiki>mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1</nowiki>}}


=== RAID 5===
=== RAID 5===


{{Root|mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1}}
{{Root|<nowiki>mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1</nowiki>}}


=== Checking the progress ===
=== Checking the progress ===

Revision as of 17:09, 13 November 2013

Prepare the hard drives

In this example we create a RAID just for storage, so we only have one Partition on each drive.

Code: GPT partition layout for RAID
/dev/sdb	2.7 TiB	FD00	Linux RAID
/dev/sdc	2.7 TiB	FD00	Linux RAID
# gdisk /dev/sdb


Code: gdisk commands
Command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 5860533168 sectors, 2.7 TiB
[...]

n
1
enter
enter
fd00

p
w
Y


Create the RAID array

RAID 1

# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1

RAID 5

# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1

Checking the progress

# cat /proc/mdstat
# mdadm --detail /dev/md0
# mdadm --examine /dev/sdb1

fstab

Code: /etc/fstab
UUID=b036ad79-939f-d4ae-e2c0-2f3f5c2e7087	/mnt/raid	ext4	defaults,noatime