From 4e630c4b50c5c68b42fb2706cad309db1d8320b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: struggling <630441839@qq.com> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 16:13:38 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Delete Part 2 - Creating Software RAID0 (Stripe) on 'Two Devices' Using 'mdadm' Tool in Linux.md --- ...wo Devices' Using 'mdadm' Tool in Linux.md | 219 ------------------ 1 file changed, 219 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 sources/tech/RAID/Part 2 - Creating Software RAID0 (Stripe) on 'Two Devices' Using 'mdadm' Tool in Linux.md diff --git a/sources/tech/RAID/Part 2 - Creating Software RAID0 (Stripe) on 'Two Devices' Using 'mdadm' Tool in Linux.md b/sources/tech/RAID/Part 2 - Creating Software RAID0 (Stripe) on 'Two Devices' Using 'mdadm' Tool in Linux.md deleted file mode 100644 index 8057e4828e..0000000000 --- a/sources/tech/RAID/Part 2 - Creating Software RAID0 (Stripe) on 'Two Devices' Using 'mdadm' Tool in Linux.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,219 +0,0 @@ -struggling 翻译中 -Creating Software RAID0 (Stripe) on ‘Two Devices’ Using ‘mdadm’ Tool in Linux – Part 2 -================================================================================ -RAID is Redundant Array of Inexpensive disks, used for high availability and reliability in large scale environments, where data need to be protected than normal use. Raid is just a collection of disks in a pool to become a logical volume and contains an array. A combine drivers makes an array or called as set of (group). - -RAID can be created, if there are minimum 2 number of disk connected to a raid controller and make a logical volume or more drives can be added in an array according to defined RAID Levels. Software Raid are available without using Physical hardware those are called as software raid. Software Raid will be named as Poor man raid. - -![Setup RAID0 in Linux](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Raid0-in-Linux.jpg) - -Setup RAID0 in Linux - -Main concept of using RAID is to save data from Single point of failure, means if we using a single disk to store the data and if it’s failed, then there is no chance of getting our data back, to stop the data loss we need a fault tolerance method. So, that we can use some collection of disk to form a RAID set. - -#### What is Stripe in RAID 0? #### - -Stripe is striping data across multiple disk at the same time by dividing the contents. Assume we have two disks and if we save content to logical volume it will be saved under both two physical disks by dividing the content. For better performance RAID 0 will be used, but we can’t get the data if one of the drive fails. So, it isn’t a good practice to use RAID 0. The only solution is to install operating system with RAID0 applied logical volumes to safe your important files. - -- RAID 0 has High Performance. -- Zero Capacity Loss in RAID 0. No Space will be wasted. -- Zero Fault Tolerance ( Can’t get back the data if any one of disk fails). -- Write and Reading will be Excellent. - -#### Requirements #### - -Minimum number of disks are allowed to create RAID 0 is 2, but you can add more disk but the order should be twice as 2, 4, 6, 8. If you have a Physical RAID card with enough ports, you can add more disks. - -Here we are not using a Hardware raid, this setup depends only on Software RAID. If we have a physical hardware raid card we can access it from it’s utility UI. Some motherboard by default in-build with RAID feature, there UI can be accessed using Ctrl+I keys. - -If you’re new to RAID setups, please read our earlier article, where we’ve covered some basic introduction of about RAID. - -- [Introduction to RAID and RAID Concepts][1] - -**My Server Setup** - - Operating System : CentOS 6.5 Final - IP Address : 192.168.0.225 - Two Disks : 20 GB each - -This article is Part 2 of a 9-tutorial RAID series, here in this part, we are going to see how we can create and setup Software RAID0 or striping in Linux systems or servers using two 20GB disks named sdb and sdc. - -### Step 1: Updating System and Installing mdadm for Managing RAID ### - -1. Before setting up RAID0 in Linux, let’s do a system update and then install ‘mdadm‘ package. The mdadm is a small program, which will allow us to configure and manage RAID devices in Linux. - - # yum clean all && yum update - # yum install mdadm -y - -![install mdadm in linux](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/install-mdadm-in-linux.png) - -Install mdadm Tool - -### Step 2: Verify Attached Two 20GB Drives ### - -2. Before creating RAID 0, make sure to verify that the attached two hard drives are detected or not, using the following command. - - # ls -l /dev | grep sd - -![Check Hard Drives in Linux](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Check-Hard-Drives.png) - -Check Hard Drives - -3. Once the new hard drives detected, it’s time to check whether the attached drives are already using any existing raid with the help of following ‘mdadm’ command. - - # mdadm --examine /dev/sd[b-c] - -![Check RAID Devices in Linux](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Check-Drives-using-RAID.png) - -Check RAID Devices - -In the above output, we come to know that none of the RAID have been applied to these two sdb and sdc drives. - -### Step 3: Creating Partitions for RAID ### - -4. Now create sdb and sdc partitions for raid, with the help of following fdisk command. Here, I will show how to create partition on sdb drive. - - # fdisk /dev/sdb - -Follow below instructions for creating partitions. - -- Press ‘n‘ for creating new partition. -- Then choose ‘P‘ for Primary partition. -- Next select the partition number as 1. -- Give the default value by just pressing two times Enter key. -- Next press ‘P‘ to print the defined partition. - -![Create Partitions in Linux](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Create-Partitions-in-Linux.png) - -Create Partitions - -Follow below instructions for creating Linux raid auto on partitions. - -- Press ‘L‘ to list all available types. -- Type ‘t‘to choose the partitions. -- Choose ‘fd‘ for Linux raid auto and press Enter to apply. -- Then again use ‘P‘ to print the changes what we have made. -- Use ‘w‘ to write the changes. - -![Create RAID Partitions](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Create-RAID-Partitions.png) - -Create RAID Partitions in Linux - -**Note**: Please follow same above instructions to create partition on sdc drive now. - -5. After creating partitions, verify both the drivers are correctly defined for RAID using following command. - - # mdadm --examine /dev/sd[b-c] - # mdadm --examine /dev/sd[b-c]1 - -![Verify RAID Partitions](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Verify-RAID-Partitions.png) - -Verify RAID Partitions - -### Step 4: Creating RAID md Devices ### - -6. Now create md device (i.e. /dev/md0) and apply raid level using below command. - - # mdadm -C /dev/md0 -l raid0 -n 2 /dev/sd[b-c]1 - # mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=stripe --raid-devices=2 /dev/sd[b-c]1 - -- -C – create -- -l – level -- -n – No of raid-devices - -7. Once md device has been created, now verify the status of RAID Level, Devices and Array used, with the help of following series of commands as shown. - - # cat /proc/mdstat - -![Verify RAID Level](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Verify-RAID-Level.png) - -Verify RAID Level - - # mdadm -E /dev/sd[b-c]1 - -![Verify RAID Device](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Verify-RAID-Device.png) - -Verify RAID Device - - # mdadm --detail /dev/md0 - -![Verify RAID Array](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Verify-RAID-Array.png) - -Verify RAID Array - -### Step 5: Assiging RAID Devices to Filesystem ### - -8. Create a ext4 filesystem for a RAID device /dev/md0 and mount it under /dev/raid0. - - # mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0 - -![Create ext4 Filesystem in Linux](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Create-ext4-Filesystem.png) - -Create ext4 Filesystem - -9. Once ext4 filesystem has been created for Raid device, now create a mount point directory (i.e. /mnt/raid0) and mount the device /dev/md0 under it. - - # mkdir /mnt/raid0 - # mount /dev/md0 /mnt/raid0/ - -10. Next, verify that the device /dev/md0 is mounted under /mnt/raid0 directory using df command. - - # df -h - -11. Next, create a file called ‘tecmint.txt‘ under the mount point /mnt/raid0, add some content to the created file and view the content of a file and directory. - - # touch /mnt/raid0/tecmint.txt - # echo "Hi everyone how you doing ?" > /mnt/raid0/tecmint.txt - # cat /mnt/raid0/tecmint.txt - # ls -l /mnt/raid0/ - -![Verify Mount Device](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Verify-Mount-Device.png) - -Verify Mount Device - -12. Once you’ve verified mount points, it’s time to create an fstab entry in /etc/fstab file. - - # vim /etc/fstab - -Add the following entry as described. May vary according to your mount location and filesystem you using. - - /dev/md0 /mnt/raid0 ext4 deaults 0 0 - -![Add Device to Fstab](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Add-Device-to-Fstab.png) - -Add Device to Fstab - -13. Run mount ‘-a‘ to check if there is any error in fstab entry. - - # mount -av - -![Check Errors in Fstab](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Check-Errors-in-Fstab.png) - -Check Errors in Fstab - -### Step 6: Saving RAID Configurations ### - -14. Finally, save the raid configuration to one of the file to keep the configurations for future use. Again we use ‘mdadm’ command with ‘-s‘ (scan) and ‘-v‘ (verbose) options as shown. - - # mdadm -E -s -v >> /etc/mdadm.conf - # mdadm --detail --scan --verbose >> /etc/mdadm.conf - # cat /etc/mdadm.conf - -![Save RAID Configurations](http://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Save-RAID-Configurations.png) - -Save RAID Configurations - -That’s it, we have seen here, how to configure RAID0 striping with raid levels by using two hard disks. In next article, we will see how to setup RAID5. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -via: http://www.tecmint.com/create-raid0-in-linux/ - -作者：[Babin Lonston][a] -译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) -校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) - -本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创翻译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 - -[a]:http://www.tecmint.com/author/babinlonston/ -[1]:http://www.tecmint.com/understanding-raid-setup-in-linux/ \ No newline at end of file