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mdadm — RAID management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/mdadm>.

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Problem

How to use the mdadm command: RAID management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/mdadm>.

Solution

mdadm — RAID management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/mdadm>.

Create array:
sudo mdadm --create {{/dev/md/MyRAID}} --level {{raid_level}} --raid-devices {{number_of_disks}} {{/dev/sdXN}}


Stop array:
sudo mdadm --stop {{/dev/md0}}


Mark disk as failed:
sudo mdadm --fail {{/dev/md0}} {{/dev/sdXN}}


Remove disk:
sudo mdadm --remove {{/dev/md0}} {{/dev/sdXN}}


Add disk to array:
sudo mdadm --assemble {{/dev/md0}} {{/dev/sdXN}}


Show RAID info:
sudo mdadm --detail {{/dev/md0}}


Reset disk by deleting RAID metadata:
sudo mdadm --zero-superblock {{/dev/sdXN}}

Code Snippets

Create array

sudo mdadm --create {{/dev/md/MyRAID}} --level {{raid_level}} --raid-devices {{number_of_disks}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Stop array

sudo mdadm --stop {{/dev/md0}}

Mark disk as failed

sudo mdadm --fail {{/dev/md0}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Remove disk

sudo mdadm --remove {{/dev/md0}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

Add disk to array

sudo mdadm --assemble {{/dev/md0}} {{/dev/sdXN}}

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tldr-pages: linux/mdadm

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