On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:52 PM Justin Noor <justinnoor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We need to create a partition on an OpenBSD server for the sole purpose of > mounting RAID arrays. > > The mount point would be something like: > > /data > > Then we will create directories in that partition and mount the arrays: > > /data/raid1 > /data/raid2 > /data/raid3 > If you are mounting the arrays over the network via NFS or iSCSI then you don't need to make /data its own partition. Just make a folder in the root directory, and create the desired sub-folders within. When the RAID array isn't mounted, the directory will be empty, consuming no space. When the RAID array gets mounted, the space will come from the RAID array itself. If the arrays are local (RAID controller installed in this server) then you will create the partitions *on* the RAID arrays after you create them. Each RAID array will appear to OpenBSD as a separate disk, needing its own partition table. -ken
