Scenario / Question: A drive has failed in my raid 1 configuration, and I need to replace it with a new drive. Solution / Answer: Use mdadm to fail the drives partition(s) and remove it from the RAID array. Physically add the new drive to the system and remove the old drive. Create the same [continue...]

Scenario / Question: Setup a RAID 1 Array in an existing system using two new hard drives. Solution / Answer: Check the Partition Table on the new drives and create a RAID partition. Create a new RAID 1 Array using the newly created partitions Create mdadm.conf configuration file for the RAID [continue...]