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-t <Drive type>
Specify the type of drive.
pd
Physicsl drive
ed
External drive
-p <PD ID list>
Used to specify which physical drives are to be used in an pool. Used in
conjunction with -a add. PD IDs can be used singly or separated by a
comma. Additionally a sequential group of physical drives can be specified
by placing a ~ between numbers such as 1~6. This will include physical
drives 1,2,3,4,5,6.
-s “<option>=<value>”
Used to specify settings for an pool. This is used when creating (add) or
modifying (mod) an pool. These options are separated by commas.
name=
A user specified name used to identify an pool.
It can be up to 32 characters long, containing alpha-numeric characters,
blank spaces and underscores. The beginning and ending blank spaces
will be discarded. Valid for add or mod action
raid=
Used to specify the RAID level of the pool Only valid for add action with
physical drive type.
0
Striping.
1
Mirroring on two drives.
5
Parity, requiring 3 or more drives.
10
Mirroring on even number of drives.
50
Striping on multiple RAID 5, requiring 6 or more drives.
6
Allow two drive failure, requiring 4 or more drives.
60
Striping on multiple RAID 6, requiring 8 or more drives.
196
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