Software RAID Configuration

• Create and define RAID device using mdadm

  • mdadm -C /dev/md0 -l 0 -n 2 /dev/hda5 /dev/hdb7

• Format each RAID device with a filesystem

  • mke2fs -j /dev/md0

• Test the RAID devices

• mdadm allows you to check the status of your RAID devices

  • mdadm --detail /dev/md0