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I have a currently installed Seagate ST3000DM001 (about 90% full) and a new Seagate ST3000DM001 (blank). I would like to setup RAID 1 without losing the data on my currently installed drive.



If I use the mdadm process outlined in this tutorial: http://www.mysolutions.it/tutorial-mdadm-software-raid-ubuntu-debian-systems/, will my data be preserved?










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  • Also see serverfault.com/q/44574/229499

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I have a currently installed Seagate ST3000DM001 (about 90% full) and a new Seagate ST3000DM001 (blank). I would like to setup RAID 1 without losing the data on my currently installed drive.



If I use the mdadm process outlined in this tutorial: http://www.mysolutions.it/tutorial-mdadm-software-raid-ubuntu-debian-systems/, will my data be preserved?










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  • Also see serverfault.com/q/44574/229499

    – muru
    Sep 21 '14 at 18:03














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I have a currently installed Seagate ST3000DM001 (about 90% full) and a new Seagate ST3000DM001 (blank). I would like to setup RAID 1 without losing the data on my currently installed drive.



If I use the mdadm process outlined in this tutorial: http://www.mysolutions.it/tutorial-mdadm-software-raid-ubuntu-debian-systems/, will my data be preserved?










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I have a currently installed Seagate ST3000DM001 (about 90% full) and a new Seagate ST3000DM001 (blank). I would like to setup RAID 1 without losing the data on my currently installed drive.



If I use the mdadm process outlined in this tutorial: http://www.mysolutions.it/tutorial-mdadm-software-raid-ubuntu-debian-systems/, will my data be preserved?







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  • Also see serverfault.com/q/44574/229499

    – muru
    Sep 21 '14 at 18:03



















  • Also see serverfault.com/q/44574/229499

    – muru
    Sep 21 '14 at 18:03

















Also see serverfault.com/q/44574/229499

– muru
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Also see serverfault.com/q/44574/229499

– muru
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It is possible, but know that it will take a bit of time for the mirror to finish since we are talking about 3 TB. What I would do is:




  1. First prepare the disk with gdisk since fdisk can not do a partition larger than 2TB. Let us assume that the partition created was sdb1


  2. Run sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --force --level=1 --raid-devices=1 /dev/sdb1. The important part here is to tell mdadm that you are using --raid-devices=1 one disk right now for the RAID Level 1.


  3. Format the newly created RAID partition and copy everything from the original disk to this partition.



  4. Now prepare the other drive to be included to the RAID by issuing the following command (Assuming the original drive is sda1:



    sudo mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=2 --add /dev/sda1


    This will grow the RAID Array (md0), set the amount of devices on it to 2 (sdb1, sda1) and add the original sda1 to it.




You can check the process of it with sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0 it should show something like this at the end:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 spare rebuilding /dev/sda1


And after it is finished:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


I recommend a reboot after this to make Nautilus see the RAID correctly. You can verify this is working but literally removing one of the drives while having the unit mounted and still being able to execute or view a video in it. Of course the output of --detail above would be something like:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 0 0 0 removed
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


In this case I disconnected the drive sdb and still could work on the information.



UPDATE: Since util-linux 2.24, fdisk not supports partitioning 2+ TB and has support for GPT schemes. This support has landed in Ubuntu 14.10. Apart from this, the interface has gotten much friendlier and it supports better human readable sizes. The overall changes can be found in:



util-linux 2.24 - Release Notes
util-linux 2.25 - Release Notes






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It is possible, but know that it will take a bit of time for the mirror to finish since we are talking about 3 TB. What I would do is:




  1. First prepare the disk with gdisk since fdisk can not do a partition larger than 2TB. Let us assume that the partition created was sdb1


  2. Run sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --force --level=1 --raid-devices=1 /dev/sdb1. The important part here is to tell mdadm that you are using --raid-devices=1 one disk right now for the RAID Level 1.


  3. Format the newly created RAID partition and copy everything from the original disk to this partition.



  4. Now prepare the other drive to be included to the RAID by issuing the following command (Assuming the original drive is sda1:



    sudo mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=2 --add /dev/sda1


    This will grow the RAID Array (md0), set the amount of devices on it to 2 (sdb1, sda1) and add the original sda1 to it.




You can check the process of it with sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0 it should show something like this at the end:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 spare rebuilding /dev/sda1


And after it is finished:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


I recommend a reboot after this to make Nautilus see the RAID correctly. You can verify this is working but literally removing one of the drives while having the unit mounted and still being able to execute or view a video in it. Of course the output of --detail above would be something like:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 0 0 0 removed
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


In this case I disconnected the drive sdb and still could work on the information.



UPDATE: Since util-linux 2.24, fdisk not supports partitioning 2+ TB and has support for GPT schemes. This support has landed in Ubuntu 14.10. Apart from this, the interface has gotten much friendlier and it supports better human readable sizes. The overall changes can be found in:



util-linux 2.24 - Release Notes
util-linux 2.25 - Release Notes






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  • Simple solution to a simple question. Thanks Luis!

    – Shayne
    Sep 22 '14 at 13:40
















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It is possible, but know that it will take a bit of time for the mirror to finish since we are talking about 3 TB. What I would do is:




  1. First prepare the disk with gdisk since fdisk can not do a partition larger than 2TB. Let us assume that the partition created was sdb1


  2. Run sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --force --level=1 --raid-devices=1 /dev/sdb1. The important part here is to tell mdadm that you are using --raid-devices=1 one disk right now for the RAID Level 1.


  3. Format the newly created RAID partition and copy everything from the original disk to this partition.



  4. Now prepare the other drive to be included to the RAID by issuing the following command (Assuming the original drive is sda1:



    sudo mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=2 --add /dev/sda1


    This will grow the RAID Array (md0), set the amount of devices on it to 2 (sdb1, sda1) and add the original sda1 to it.




You can check the process of it with sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0 it should show something like this at the end:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 spare rebuilding /dev/sda1


And after it is finished:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


I recommend a reboot after this to make Nautilus see the RAID correctly. You can verify this is working but literally removing one of the drives while having the unit mounted and still being able to execute or view a video in it. Of course the output of --detail above would be something like:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 0 0 0 removed
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


In this case I disconnected the drive sdb and still could work on the information.



UPDATE: Since util-linux 2.24, fdisk not supports partitioning 2+ TB and has support for GPT schemes. This support has landed in Ubuntu 14.10. Apart from this, the interface has gotten much friendlier and it supports better human readable sizes. The overall changes can be found in:



util-linux 2.24 - Release Notes
util-linux 2.25 - Release Notes






share|improve this answer


























  • Simple solution to a simple question. Thanks Luis!

    – Shayne
    Sep 22 '14 at 13:40














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It is possible, but know that it will take a bit of time for the mirror to finish since we are talking about 3 TB. What I would do is:




  1. First prepare the disk with gdisk since fdisk can not do a partition larger than 2TB. Let us assume that the partition created was sdb1


  2. Run sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --force --level=1 --raid-devices=1 /dev/sdb1. The important part here is to tell mdadm that you are using --raid-devices=1 one disk right now for the RAID Level 1.


  3. Format the newly created RAID partition and copy everything from the original disk to this partition.



  4. Now prepare the other drive to be included to the RAID by issuing the following command (Assuming the original drive is sda1:



    sudo mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=2 --add /dev/sda1


    This will grow the RAID Array (md0), set the amount of devices on it to 2 (sdb1, sda1) and add the original sda1 to it.




You can check the process of it with sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0 it should show something like this at the end:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 spare rebuilding /dev/sda1


And after it is finished:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


I recommend a reboot after this to make Nautilus see the RAID correctly. You can verify this is working but literally removing one of the drives while having the unit mounted and still being able to execute or view a video in it. Of course the output of --detail above would be something like:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 0 0 0 removed
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


In this case I disconnected the drive sdb and still could work on the information.



UPDATE: Since util-linux 2.24, fdisk not supports partitioning 2+ TB and has support for GPT schemes. This support has landed in Ubuntu 14.10. Apart from this, the interface has gotten much friendlier and it supports better human readable sizes. The overall changes can be found in:



util-linux 2.24 - Release Notes
util-linux 2.25 - Release Notes






share|improve this answer















It is possible, but know that it will take a bit of time for the mirror to finish since we are talking about 3 TB. What I would do is:




  1. First prepare the disk with gdisk since fdisk can not do a partition larger than 2TB. Let us assume that the partition created was sdb1


  2. Run sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --force --level=1 --raid-devices=1 /dev/sdb1. The important part here is to tell mdadm that you are using --raid-devices=1 one disk right now for the RAID Level 1.


  3. Format the newly created RAID partition and copy everything from the original disk to this partition.



  4. Now prepare the other drive to be included to the RAID by issuing the following command (Assuming the original drive is sda1:



    sudo mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=2 --add /dev/sda1


    This will grow the RAID Array (md0), set the amount of devices on it to 2 (sdb1, sda1) and add the original sda1 to it.




You can check the process of it with sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0 it should show something like this at the end:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 spare rebuilding /dev/sda1


And after it is finished:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


I recommend a reboot after this to make Nautilus see the RAID correctly. You can verify this is working but literally removing one of the drives while having the unit mounted and still being able to execute or view a video in it. Of course the output of --detail above would be something like:



Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
0 0 0 0 removed
1 8 65 1 active sync /dev/sda1


In this case I disconnected the drive sdb and still could work on the information.



UPDATE: Since util-linux 2.24, fdisk not supports partitioning 2+ TB and has support for GPT schemes. This support has landed in Ubuntu 14.10. Apart from this, the interface has gotten much friendlier and it supports better human readable sizes. The overall changes can be found in:



util-linux 2.24 - Release Notes
util-linux 2.25 - Release Notes







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  • Simple solution to a simple question. Thanks Luis!

    – Shayne
    Sep 22 '14 at 13:40



















  • Simple solution to a simple question. Thanks Luis!

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Simple solution to a simple question. Thanks Luis!

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Simple solution to a simple question. Thanks Luis!

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Sep 22 '14 at 13:40


















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