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Seperti digambarkan oleh contoh kami, peranti RAID dapat dibangun dari partisi disk, dan tidak memerlukan disk penuh.

<computeroutput># </computeroutput><userinput>mdadm --create /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdd2 /dev/sde</userinput>
<computeroutput>mdadm: Note: this array has metadata at the start and
may not be suitable as a boot device. If you plan to
store '/boot' on this device please ensure that
your boot-loader understands md/v1.x metadata, or use
--metadata=0.90
mdadm: largest drive (/dev/sdd2) exceeds size (4192192K) by more than 1%
Continue creating array? </computeroutput><userinput>y</userinput>
<computeroutput>mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md1 started.
# </computeroutput><userinput>mdadm --query /dev/md1</userinput>
<computeroutput>/dev/md1: 4.00GiB raid1 2 devices, 0 spares. Use mdadm --detail for more detail.
# </computeroutput><userinput>mdadm --detail /dev/md1</userinput>
<computeroutput>/dev/md1:
Version : 1.2
Creation Time : Wed May 6 09:30:19 2015
Raid Level : raid1
Array Size : 4192192 (4.00 GiB 4.29 GB)
Used Dev Size : 4192192 (4.00 GiB 4.29 GB)
Raid Devices : 2
Total Devices : 2
Persistence : Superblock is persistent

Update Time : Wed May 6 09:30:40 2015
State : clean, resyncing (PENDING)
Active Devices : 2
Working Devices : 2
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0

Name : mirwiz:1 (local to host mirwiz)
UUID : 6ec558ca:0c2c04a0:19bca283:95f67464
Events : 0

Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
0 8 50 0 active sync /dev/sdd2
1 8 64 1 active sync /dev/sde
# </computeroutput><userinput>mdadm --detail /dev/md1</userinput>
<computeroutput>/dev/md1:
[...]
State : clean
[...]
</computeroutput>