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Configure RAID 12020/01/08

 
Configure RAID 1 to add 2 new Disks on a computer.
[1] This example is based on the environment like follows.
It shows to install new Disks [sdb] and [sdc] on this computer and configure RAID 1.
[root@dlp ~]#
df -h

Filesystem           Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs             1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs                1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                1.9G  8.5M  1.9G   1% /run
tmpfs                1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/cl-root   75G  1.9G   74G   3% /
/dev/sda1            976M  177M  732M  20% /boot
tmpfs                379M     0  379M   0% /run/user/0
[2] Create a partition on new Disks and set RAID flag.
[root@dlp ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdb "mklabel gpt"

[root@dlp ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdc "mklabel gpt"

[root@dlp ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdb "mkpart primary 0% 100%"

[root@dlp ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdc "mkpart primary 0% 100%"

[root@dlp ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdb "set 1 raid on"

[root@dlp ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdc "set 1 raid on"
[3] Configure RAID 1.
# install required tools

[root@dlp ~]#
dnf -y install mdadm
[root@dlp ~]#
mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=raid1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1

mdadm: Note: this array has metadata at the start and
    may not be suitable as a boot device.  If you plan to
    store '/boot' on this device please ensure that
    your boot-loader understands md/v1.x metadata, or use
    --metadata=0.90
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md0 started.

# show status

[root@dlp ~]#
cat /proc/mdstat

Personalities : [raid1]
md0 : active raid1 sdc1[1] sdb1[0]
      83817472 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
      [==>..................]  resync = 12.3% (10378496/83817472) finish=5.7min speed=211710K/sec

unused devices: <none>

# status turns like follows if syncing finished

# that's OK to configure RAID 1

[root@dlp ~]#
cat /proc/mdstat

Personalities : [raid1]
md0 : active raid1 sdc1[1] sdb1[0]
      83817472 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]

unused devices: <none>

[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/sysconfig/raid-check
# line 57: add RAID device to check by Cron

# for Cron setting, it's [/etc/cron.d/raid-check]

CHECK_DEVS="
md0
"
[4] Create any filesystem on RAID device and mount it on your System.
[root@dlp ~]#
mkfs.xfs -i size=1024 -s size=4096 /dev/md0

meta-data=/dev/md0               isize=1024   agcount=4, agsize=5238592 blks
         =                       sectsz=4096  attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
         =                       reflink=1
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=20954368, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=10231, version=2
         =                       sectsz=4096  sunit=1 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0

[root@dlp ~]#
mount /dev/md0 /mnt

[root@dlp ~]#
df -hT

Filesystem          Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs            devtmpfs  1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs               tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs               tmpfs     1.9G  8.5M  1.9G   1% /run
tmpfs               tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/cl-root xfs        75G  1.9G   74G   3% /
/dev/sda1           ext4      976M  177M  732M  20% /boot
tmpfs               tmpfs     379M     0  379M   0% /run/user/0
/dev/md0            xfs        80G  563M   80G   1% /mnt
[5] If a member Disk in RAID array would be failure, re-configure RAID 1 like follows after swapping new Disk.
# the status is like follows in failure

[root@dlp ~]#
cat /proc/mdstat

Personalities : [raid1]
md0 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sdb1[0]
      83817472 blocks super 1.2 [2/1] [U_]

unused devices: <none>

# after swapping new disk, re-configure like follows

[root@dlp ~]#
mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdc1

mdadm: added /dev/sdc1
[root@dlp ~]#
cat /proc/mdstat

Personalities : [raid1]
md0 : active raid1 sdc1[1] sdb1[0]
      83817472 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
      [======>..............]  resync = 31.0% (26044416/83818496) finish=4.7min speed=201190K/sec

unused devices: <none>
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