MDADM.CONF(5)                                       MDADM.CONF(5)



NNAAMMEE
       mdadm.conf - configuration for management of Software Raid
       with mdadm

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       /etc/mdadm.conf

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       mmddaaddmm is a tools for creating  an  managing  RAID  devices
       using the mmdd driver in Linux.

       Some  common  tasks, such as assembling all arrays, can be
       simplified by describing the devices  and  array  in  this
       configuations file.


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       The file should be seen as a collection of words separated
       by white space (space, tab, or newline).   Any  word  that
       being  with a hash sign (#) starts a comment and that word
       together with the remainder of the line are ignored.

       Any line that start with white space  (space  or  tab)  is
       treated  as  though it were a continuation of the previous
       line.

       Empty lines are ignored, but otherwise each (non continua-
       tion) line must start with a keyword as listed below.  The
       key words are case insensitve and can be abbreviated to  3
       characters.

       The keywords are:

       DDEEVVIICCEE A  ddeevviiccee  line lists the devices (whole devices or
              partitions) that might contain a component of an MD
              array.   When  looking  for  the  components  of an
              array, mmddaaddmm will scan these devices and no others.

              The  ddeevviiccee  line may contain a number of different
              devices (separated by spaces) and each device  name
              can contain wild cards as defined by gglloobb(7).

              Also,  there may be several device lines present in
              the file.


       AARRRRAAYY

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       mdadm (8), md (4).




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