Converting a non-RAID server to software RAID-1?

[John Abreau]

On 5/9/07, John Abreau <jabr at gapps.blu.org> wrote:
> I have a server with a single 80gb SATA disk in it, and a
> second drive bay that's currently empty. I'd like to convert
> it to RAID-1 and expand the disk size. The current 80gb
> drive is configured with lvm1; the OS is RHEL 3.8.

I found a good description of what I'm looking for at

    http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/238

Creating a failed RAID-1 can be done with

    mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level 1 --raid-devices=2 missing /dev/sdb1

and the rest pretty much resembles my earlier procedure.


-- 
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
GnuPG KeyID: 0xD5C7B5D9 / Email: abreauj at gmail.com
GnuPG FP: 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99

-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.