# # /etc/raidtab # # After Creating the raid config ( /etc/raidtab ) file: # ----------------------------------------------------- # # # To Initialize Raid # ------------------ # mkraid /dev/md0 # mkraid -c raidtab /dev/md0 # # # To Check if its recognized # -------------------------- # cat /proc/mdstat # # To Format /dev/md0 # ------------------ # mke2fs -m 1 /dev/md0 # -or- # mke2fs -b 4096 -m 1 -R stride=16 /dev/md0 # # To Mount it and use the raid device # ------------------------------------ # mkdir Raid ; mount /dev/md0 Raid # # # To Stop and Start it # -------------------- # raidstop /dev/md0 --- check with "cat /proc/mdstat" # raidstart /dev/md0 --- check with "cat /proc/mdstat" # # # # Don't forget to properly startup and shutdown the system too # # # 12-Feb-99 amo Date-of-Birth # 15-Oct-01 amo Added persistent-superblock # # # # Raid0 == Stipped # Raid1 == Mirror # # # First Raid device # ----------------- # raiddev /dev/md0 # # General parameters # raid-level 1 # it's not obvious but raid-level *must* be right after raiddev # # nr-raid-disks 2 # chunk-size 256 # # persistent-superblock 1 # # RAID disks # device /dev/hdc1 raid-disk 0 # device /dev/hdd1 raid-disk 1 # # # # next raid device # ---------------- # # raiddev /dev/md1 # .... # # # end of file