Monday, April 10, 2006

Creating a vinum RAID5 volume

8 * 120GB hard drives, on a 3Ware controller (/dev/twe)

----------vinum.conf----------
volume raid5volume

drive drive0 device /dev/twed0s1a
drive drive1 device /dev/twed1s1a
drive drive2 device /dev/twed2s1a
drive drive3 device /dev/twed3s1a
drive drive4 device /dev/twed4s1a
drive drive5 device /dev/twed5s1a
drive drive6 device /dev/twed6s1a
drive drive7 device /dev/twed7s1a

plex org raid5 491k
sd length 114470m drive drive0
sd length 114470m drive drive1
sd length 114470m drive drive2
sd length 114470m drive drive3
sd length 114470m drive drive4
sd length 114470m drive drive5
sd length 114470m drive drive6
sd length 114470m drive drive7
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vinum resetconfig
vinum create vinum.conf
vinum init raid5volume.p0
(...wait five and a half hours...)
newfs /dev/vinum/raid5volume
mount /dev/vinum/raid5volume /raid

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