Setting up and maintaining Linux software RAID on an Apple Xserve G5 with Yellow Dog Linux

Despite certain frustrations with our Apple Xserve G5s, I’ve found that they make decent Linux servers, especially considering their age. Recently I wanted to repurpose one as a development server, and in that role I really wanted disk redundancy for added protection of the data. Unfortunately there’s no RAID controller in these servers, so software RAID is the only option. Originally RAID wasn’t crucial and I gave up on software RAID as it seemed too complicated to justify the time spent figuring out how to do it. This time, however, it was more important and I was determined to get software RAID functioning.

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