[RAID] Checking current RAID configuration (Linux)
Quick Linux example on checking your current RAID configuration in the terminal.
Check kernel 'md' state
cat /proc/mdstat
Example:
This is a typical Dev Box RAID configuration with OS on RAID1, and data on RAID 5
root@admin:~$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 136448 blocks [2/2] [UU] md2 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0] 129596288 blocks [2/2] [UU] md3 : active raid5 sdl1[9] sdk1[8] sdj1[7] sdi1[6] sdh1[5] sdg1[4] sdf1[3] sde1[2] sdd1[1] sdc1[0] 1318680576 blocks level 5, 1024k chunk, algorithm 2 [10/10] [UUUUUUUUUU] md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 16787776 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none>
Brief line-by-line explanation
Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 136448 blocks [2/2] [UU] |
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Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
#Types of RAID supported by your current kernel
md1: active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0]
#md1 = name of RAID array
#active = RAID is active
#raid1 = type of RAID
#sdb2 and sda2 = devices associated with this RAID array
#[1] and [0] = RAID role numbers within that array, for each device
136448 blocks [2/2] [UU]
#Information about fixed size and layout
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