mdadm

RAID management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/mdadm>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/mdadm.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install mdadm
Ubuntu
apt-get install mdadm
Alpine
apk add mdadm
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S mdadm
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install mdadm
CentOS
yum install mdadm
Fedora
dnf install mdadm
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mdadm
Raspbian
apt-get install mdadm
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/mdadm
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/mdadm mdadm powered by Commando

RAID management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/mdadm>.

  • Create array:
    sudo mdadm --create /dev/md/MyRAID --level raid_level --raid-devices number_of_disks /dev/sdXN
  • Stop array:
    sudo mdadm --stop /dev/md0
  • Mark disk as failed:
    sudo mdadm --fail /dev/md0 /dev/sdXN
  • Remove disk:
    sudo mdadm --remove /dev/md0 /dev/sdXN
  • Add disk to array:
    sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 /dev/sdXN
  • Show RAID info:
    sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0
  • Reset disk by deleting RAID metadata:
    sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdXN

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