I want to learn how to use Software Raid 10, is it possible to use VirtualBox by adding four storage images?
This is my plan:
4x 100mb partitions (1 on each drive) configured as a raid 1 for /boot in ext3.
Then with the remaining space on each drive, setup a software raid partition and configure it to to LVM and raid 10.
I have three drives (sda, sdb and sdc) which are partitioned into two partitions each set to "raid linux autodetect". The first partition is used for a RAID 0, the second partition for a RAID 1 on LVM.
For some reason sdc1 drops out of the RAID 0 and can only be re-added after a reboot. sdc2 stays in its RAID 1 though.
So here is what I have currently:
8 SAS Drives total
6 Drives setup as RAID 5 as Virtual 1.
1 Drive setup as Hot Spare.
1 Drive in Ready state that is not part of the RAID and is not set as a hot spare.
Basically, everything on this server is setup on the RAID 5 as one virtual disk (OS, data, etc) and partitioned out. I want to separate things out a bit.
Hi All,
I am going to be building a NAS/Mini server box soon using Ubuntu Server. In the meantime I have been practicing the raid setup on virtual-box machines. I am using 20GB drives to test it.
The issue is that I have 6x 2TB drives. However, on the initial setup, I will only be able to use 4 Drives and then add the extra 2 drives later.
I have Ubuntu 11.04 running on my home desktop which has 2 hard drives mirrored by RAID.
The drives are partitioned with a big data partition, a swap partition and a couple of 20Gb partitions for OSes, one is 11.04 which is in use, and the other is kept spare for installing a later version.
I currently have the following setup:
2TB HDD /dev/sda:
/dev/sda1: (NTFS) Windows 7 Boot Partition: 100GB
1TB HDD /dev/sdb:
/dev/sdb1: (EXT4) Linux General/Backup Partition - 1TB
256GB SSD /dev/sdc:
/dev/sdc1: (FAT) Windows 7 Loader Partition - 100MB
/dev/sdc5: (EXT4) Main Linux Boot Partition - 255.9GB
Here's what I'm going to do.
I know Linux has great capabilities over the years of using it but I can't seem to find an exact name or setup for this scenario. I want to do Matrix RAID (that is not the correct general name but it was as close as I got) on two HDD. I want to put the OS in RAID 1 for redundancy and then have another partition or folder as RAID 0 for TV recordings both on two HDD.
Hi all. Starting an install & a bit unsure on a couple of points with a RAID/LUKS/LVM combination. In condensed form I have a 2T and a 1T disk.
Not sure I have the proper steps to putting together a RAID10 system during the install of F12. I have 4 WD 1TB empty SATA drives available.
When I get to the partition editor, what do I do. I assume I must carve out a partition for /boot. So, I create a 500MB ext4 partition on sda1.
Then, I create four 953GB (or so) software RAID partitions, one on each drive.
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