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===Create a raid array===
===Create a raid array===
See https://www.tecmint.com/create-raid-6-in-linux/
See https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-raid-arrays-with-mdadm-on-ubuntu#creating-a-raid-1-array


First use gdisk to create a linux raid partition (FD00) on all your disks.
First use gdisk to create a linux raid partition (FD00) on all your disks.
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Then run the following to create /dev/md0.
Then run the following to create /dev/md0.
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# Raid 1 example with 2 disks
mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
# Raid 6 example with 4 disks
mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=6 --raid-devices=4 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1
mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=6 --raid-devices=4 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1