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Feature #918

Add btrfs RAID10 Array on Arch Linux

Added by Daniel Curtis over 6 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Workstation
Target version:
Start date:
01/14/2018
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
0.50 h
Spent time:

Description

I recently nuked my Raspberry Pi with an external btrfs RAID10 array, but I forgot to backup the fstab file. However setting up the array again is fairly simple. This is a guide on setting up an already made btrfs RAID10 array on Arch Linux.

Prepare the Environment

  • Make sure the system is up to date:
    sudo pacman -Syu
    
  • Install the btrfs-progs package:
    sudo pacman -S btrfs-progs
    

Configure the Array

  • Scan all devices
    btrfs device scan
    
  • Print information about all of the btrfs filesystems:
    btrfs filesystem show
    
    • This should output something similar to the following:
      Label: none  uuid: a881d8b5-6b33-4b1c-b02f-7062a853b89c
          Total devices 4 FS bytes used 161.50GiB
          devid    1 size 59.62GiB used 57.01GiB path /dev/sda
          devid    2 size 59.62GiB used 57.01GiB path /dev/sdb
          devid    3 size 119.25GiB used 116.00GiB path /dev/sdc
          devid    4 size 119.25GiB used 116.00GiB path /dev/sdd
      
  • Make the mount path:
    sudo mkdir -p /media/usbraid
    
  • Manually mount the btrfs RAID10 array:
    sudo mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/a881d8b5-6b33-4b1c-b02f-7062a853b89c /media/usbraid/
    
  • Edit the fstab config:
    sudo nano /etc/fstab
    
    • And append the following to the end of the file:
      UUID=a881d8b5-6b33-4b1c-b02f-7062a853b89c     /media/usbraid    btrfs    device=/dev/sda,device=/dev/sdb,device=/dev/sdc,device=/dev/sdd    0 0
      

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#1

Updated by Daniel Curtis over 6 years ago

  • Subject changed from Add btrfs RAID10 Array on Linux to Add btrfs RAID10 Array on Arch Linux
  • Status changed from New to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
#2

Updated by Daniel Curtis over 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed

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