Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual page 88

Chapter 4. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Figure 4.7. The /boot/ Mount Error
8. The RAID partitions created appear in the RAID Members list. Select which of these partitions
should be used to create the RAID device.
9. If configuring RAID 1 or RAID 5, specify the number of spare partitions. If a software RAID
partition fails, the spare is automatically used as a replacement. For each spare you want to
specify, you must create an additional software RAID partition (in addition to the partitions for the
RAID device). Select the partitions for the RAID device and the partition(s) for the spare(s).
10. After clicking OK, the RAID device appears in the Drive Summary list.
11. Repeat this chapter's entire process for configuring additional partitions, devices, and mount
points, such as the root partition (/), /home/, or swap.
After completing the entire configuration, the figure as shown in
Configuration"
resembles the default configuration, except for the use of RAID.
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Figure 4.8, "Final Sample RAID