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Chapter 4. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Figure 4.3. Adding a RAID Partition
4. Enter the size that you want the partition to be.
5. Select Fixed Size to specify partition size. Select Fill all space up to (MB) and enter a value (in
MB) to specify partition size range. Select Fill to maximum allowable size to allow maximum
available space of the hard disk. Note that if you make more than one space growable, they share
the available free space on the disk.
6. Select Force to be a primary partition if you want the partition to be a primary partition. A
primary partition is one of the first four partitions on the hard drive. If unselected, the partition is
created as a logical partition. If other operating systems are already on the system, unselecting
this option should be considered. For more information on primary versus logical/extended
partitions, refer to the appendix section of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide.
7. Repeat these steps to create as many partitions as you need for your partitions.
Repeat these steps to create as many partitions as needed for your RAID setup. Notice that all the
partitions do not have to be RAID partitions. For example, you can configure only the /boot/ partition
as a software RAID device, leaving the root partition (/), /home/, and swap as regular file systems.
Figure 4.4, "RAID 1 Partitions Ready, Pre-Device and Mount Point Creation"
allocated space for the RAID 1 configuration (for /boot/), which is now ready for RAID device and
mount point creation:
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