Raid commands, Raid:create, Raid:delete – Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases User Manual
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RAID COMMANDS
The RAID commands enable you to create, delete, list, get information about, and update RAID
arrays. Multiple block devices are input to create a RAID 0 or a RAID 1.
If you need to create a RAID 10 configuration, use the
reliable_performance
argument
with the
profile:create
command.
You can use
--display-flavor detailed
to show more information about the RAID
table.
raid:create
Creates a RAID array with a unique ID.
Syntax
raid:create [options] raidtype drives
Options
–-repair
Indicates repair, after servicing.
–-chunksize
or
–c
<integer>
Chunk size in KB; the default is 8KB.
–-spare
or
-s
<list> Add one or more spare drives, listed by ioMemory module.
--cluster
Issue this command to all nodes in the cluster.
(See
help –-all
for details on all other options.)
Arguments
raidtype
RAID type:
raid0
,
raid1
, or
raid5
drive(s)
Drives to create the RAID from
Example
This creates a RAID 1 array, with a chunk size of 16, from the four ioMemory modules specified.
> raid:create --chunksize 16 xtra raid1 fioa fiob
raid:delete
Deletes a RAID.
Syntax
raid:delete [options] id(s)
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