Configure RAID 12023/07/17 |
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Configure RAID 1 to add 2 new Disks on a computer.
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| [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. |
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root@dlp:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev tmpfs 794M 580K 794M 1% /run /dev/mapper/debian--vg-root 77G 1.2G 72G 2% / tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock /dev/vda1 455M 58M 373M 14% /boot tmpfs 794M 0 794M 0% /run/user/0 |
| [2] | Create a partition on new Disks and set RAID flag. |
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root@dlp:~#
root@dlp:~# apt -y install parted 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"
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| [3] | Configure RAID 1. |
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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 = 6.6% (5601664/83817472) finish=6.2min speed=207469K/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>
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| [4] | If a member Disk in RAID array would be failure, re-configure RAID 1 like follows after swapping new Disk. |
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# the status is like follows in failure root@dlp:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1]
md0 : active raid1 sdc1[1] 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 = 24.9% (20902592/83817472) finish=7.4min speed=140632K/sec
unused devices: <none>
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| [5] | To use RAID partition, format with a filesystem and mount it on a directory as usual. |
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# for example, format with ext4 and mount on /mnt root@dlp:~# mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0 root@dlp:~# mount /dev/md0 /mnt root@dlp:~# df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev devtmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 794M 612K 794M 1% /run /dev/mapper/debian--vg-root ext4 77G 1.3G 72G 2% / tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock /dev/vda1 ext2 455M 58M 372M 14% /boot tmpfs tmpfs 794M 0 794M 0% /run/user/0 /dev/md0 ext4 79G 24K 75G 1% /mnt # to set in fstab # because the name of md*** sometimes changes when hardwares are changed, set it with UUID root@dlp:~# blkid | grep md /dev/md0: UUID="b86ccee3-a201-4dee-a44e-f253db4502db" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4"
root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/fstab # set with UUID
/dev/mapper/debian--vg-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot was on /dev/vda1 during installation
UUID=182de54c-3813-4973-9711-87b5c4f1a7c0 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/debian--vg-swap_1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/b86ccee3-a201-4dee-a44e-f253db4502db /mnt ext4 defaults 0 0
# that's OK, even if the name of md*** are changed, it is mounted normally root@dlp:~# df -hT /mnt Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md127 ext4 79G 24K 75G 1% /mnt |
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