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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