https://blog.programster.org/create-raid-with-lvm
Many Linux users have created RAID arrays using mdadm and do not realize that you can also create a RAID array without it by using LVM.
Installing LVM
You may need to install the LVM packages in order to build these arrays.
sudo apt-get install lvm2
Creating RAID 0
sudo vgcreate [vg name] /dev/sd[x]1 /dev/sd[x2]1 ... lvcreate -i[num drives] -I[strip size] -l100%FREE -n[lv name] [vg name] sudo mkfs.[ext4/xfs] /dev/[vg name]/[lv name]
- Stripe size needs to be a number of the power 2, starting with 4. E.g. 4, 8, 16, 32, 64. If your data is mostly small text files, then use 4. If you are mostly dealing with media then you may want something larger.
- If you want to use the xfs filesystem, you may need to install xfprogs with
sudo apt-get install xfsprogs -y
Creating this RAID array will remove the ability to remove a drive from the VOLUME group later.
Creating RAID 1 (Mirror)
VG_NAME="vg1" LV_NAME="lvm_raid1" sudo vgcreate vg1 /dev/sd[x]1 /dev/sd[x]1 sudo lvcreate \ --mirrors 1 \ --type raid1 \ -l 100%FREE \ --nosync \ -n $LV_NAME $VG_NAME sudo mkfs.[ext4/xfs] /dev/$VG_NAME/$LV_NAME
Creating RAID 5 (Parity)
VG_NAME="vg1" LV_NAME="lvm_raid1" sudo vgcreate vg1 /dev/sd[x]1 /dev/sd[x]1 /dev/sd[x]1 sudo lvcreate \ --type raid5 \ -l 100%FREE \ --nosync \ -n $LV_NAME $VG_NAME sudo mkfs.[ext4/xfs] /dev/$VG_NAME/$LV_NAME