How to – BTRFS Raid 0 array creation on Ubuntu 20.04+
Software Raid 0 with BTRFS is a great way to see impressive speeds with SSD and HDD arrays. We go over how to setup and configure a BTRFS RAID 0 array. Our use case is to create large, super fast storage for plotting CHIA, but this is applicable to any write intensive application as well.
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CMDS:
LSBLK (find and note your /dev/sdX devices to use in Raid 0 array)
parted -a optimal /dev/sdX –script mklabel gpt (prep your drives, do for each identified for array)
mkfs.btrfs -f -d raid0 -m raid0 /dev/sdX /dev/sdX /dev/sdX /dev/sdX
mkdir /mnt/ARRAYNAME
mount /dev/sdX /mnt/ARRAYNAME
CHAPTERS:
0:40 LSBLK to identify your devices
2:20 PARTED your disks to GPT
2:50 Create BTRFS filesystem
4:20 Make a directory to access the Raid 0 Array
4:41 Mount the directory to the BTRFS array
4:55 Check we have it setup correctly
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