Create RAID5 partition Now go to terminal, Applications/Accessories/Terminal and create RAID5 partition over 3 partition: mdadm –create –verbose /dev/md0 –level=5 –raid-devices=3 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 as response: Next we can check sync going on: sudo watch cat /proc/mdstat as response updated every 2 seconds, CTRL-C to exit To save this configuration, you have to add a [...]
RAID 5 USB Ubuntu: Hardware Configuration
Hardware Configuration Connect USB External HD, better without usb hub. Open Partition Editor, System/Administration/Partition Editor Create a single partition for each disk without formatting, and set “RAID” flag Next Step: Create RAID5 partition or back to Menu Post
RAID 5 USB Ubuntu: Base Software Install and Configuration
Base Software Install and Configuration Install Ubuntu on small internal hs notebook booting from an usb key, it’s faster than burn a cd, you can use a tool like UNetBoot to build a boot USB key. Update Ubuntu, System/Administration/Update Manager Enable if you want Remote Connection, System/Preference/Remote Desktop (my notebook screen is broken) and from [...]
Create a RAID5 with USB External Hard Disk and Ubuntu
My idea is to build a NAS with an old notebook without display, Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop, and a RAID5 on 3 USB LaCie 1TB HD. Few easy steps: Base Software Install and Configuration Hardware Configuration Create RAID5 partition Format RAID5 partition Mount RAID partition Reboot And Network Share Crash Test
FreeNAS and Transmission with DHT
No way, FreeNAS with Trasmission is one of the best things you can use to build a network data storage …my netdisk… with best torrent software, Transmission. Some things to know, FreeNAS 0.7RC1 (FreeNAS-i386-embedded-0.7RC1.4735.img) contain an old version of Transmission-daemon without DHT and it’s useless, you are cut out with nowdays trackers, so I suggest [...]