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RAID10 can be implemented by first implement RAID1(ie mirring) then implementing RAID0(stripe set on different disks) on it.
Configuring RAID10
Step1:Get the info who many devices are participating, for example here we taken 4 disks(/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdd1).
Step2:Implement RAID1 on four drives(taking 2 each)
#mdadm –create /dev/md0 –level=1 –raid-devices=2 /dev/sd[ab]1
#mdadm –create /dev/md1 –level=1 –raid-devices=2 /dev/sd[cd]1
#mdadm –create /dev/md1 –level=1 –raid-devices=2 /dev/sd[cd]1
Step3:Now implement RAID0 on two of RAID1 devices(/dev/md0,/dev/md1)
#mdadm –create /dev/md2 –chunk=64 –level=0 –raid-devices=2 /dev/md[01]
Step4:Format the RAID10 device with ext3 and mount the device
#mke2fs -j /dev/md2
#mkdir /store
#mount /dev/md2 /store
Unconfiguring RAID10
Step1:Unmount the RAID device /dev/md2
#umount /dev/md2 or #umount /store
Step2:Stop the RAID device
#mdadm –manage /dev/md2 –stop
#mdadm –manage /dev/md1 –stop
#mdadm –manage /dev/md0 –stop
Step3:Remove the Disks(/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdd1) by using fdisk utility
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On Saturday-July - 4 - 2009
