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the same amount of space as the smallest sized partition. The RAID partitions should be stored on
different hard disks to decrease the risk of losing data if one is defective (RAID 1 and 5) and to
optimize the performance of RAID 0. After creating all the partitions to use with RAID, click RAID
> Create RAID to start the RAID configuration.
In the next dialog, choose among RAID levels 0, 1, and 5, then click Next. The following dialog (see
Figure 8-1) lists all partitions with either the Linux RAID or Linux native type. No swap or DOS
partitions are shown. If a partition is already assigned to a RAID volume, the name of the RAID
device (for example, ) is shown in the list. Unassigned partitions are indicated with "--".
/dev/md0
RAID Partitions
Figure 8-1
To add a previously unassigned partition to the selected RAID volume, first select the partition then
click Add. At this point, the name of the RAID device is displayed next to the selected partition.
Assign all partitions reserved for RAID. Otherwise, the space on the partition remains unused. After
assigning all partitions, click Next to proceed to the settings dialog where you can fine-tune the
performance (see Figure 8-2).
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