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In the Boot Menu select Advanced installation options.
In the Boot Menu select Advanced installation options.
[[File:pic01.gif|499px|frameless|none|Advanced install options]]
[[File:pic01.gif|499px|frameless|none|Picture 1]]
Select Install or upgrade using the graphical installer.
Select Install or upgrade using the graphical installer.
[[File:pic02.gif|498px|frameless|none|Graphic installer]]
[[File:pic02.gif|498px|frameless|none|Picture 2]]
Skip the media check unless you have a reason not to.
Skip the media check unless you have a reason not to.
[[File:pic03.gif|590px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Select your language.
Select your language.
In this example we choose English.
In this example we choose English.
[[File:pic04.gif|589px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click next.
Click next.
Select your keyboard layout.
Select your keyboard layout.
In this example we choose U.S. English.
In this example we choose U.S. English.
[[File:pic05.gif|587px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click next.
Click next.
Select Basic Storage Devices.
Select Basic Storage Devices.
[[File:pic06.gif|588px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click next.
Click next.
Select Yes, discard any data.
Select Yes, discard any data.
[[File:pic07.gif|590px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click next.
Click next.
Select your timezone.
Select your timezone.
[[File:pic08.gif|589px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click next.
Click next.
Select Create Custom Layout.
Select Create Custom Layout.
[[File:pic09.gif|589px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click next.
Click next.
For the example I have two 40GByte SSD disks.
For the example I have two 40GByte SSD disks.
Both disks have a 250MB system partition (sda1 and sdb1) and a larger partition for the rest of the data (sda2 and sdb2).
Both disks have a 250MB system partition (sda1 and sdb1) and a larger partition for the rest of the data (sda2 and sdb2).
[[File:pic10.gif|590px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click next.
Click next.
After that you have a 2 partition free SSD’s like shown below.
After that you have a 2 partition free SSD’s like shown below.
You can see the disk is 40959 MB in size.
You can see the disk is 40959 MB in size.
[[File:pic11.gif|590px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Select RAID Partition and click create.
Select RAID Partition and click create.
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic12.gif|293px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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The size of the partition (250MB) will be the same whatever size SSD you will be using.
The size of the partition (250MB) will be the same whatever size SSD you will be using.
Select RAID Partition and click create.
Select RAID Partition and click create.
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic13.gif|295px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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The size of the partition will be 90% of the SSD size - 250MB.
The size of the partition will be 90% of the SSD size - 250MB.
So this size will depend on the size SSD you are using and using 10% Over Provisioning.
So this size will depend on the size SSD you are using and using 10% Over Provisioning.
Select RAID Partition and click create.
Select RAID Partition and click create.
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic14.gif|295px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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The size of the partition (250MB) will be the same whatever size SSD you will be using.
The size of the partition (250MB) will be the same whatever size SSD you will be using.
Select RAID Partition and click create.
Select RAID Partition and click create.
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic15.gif|294px|frameless|none|Media check]]
[[File:pic15.gif|294px|frameless|none|Picture 15]]
The size of the partition will be 90% of the SSD size - 250MB.
The size of the partition will be 90% of the SSD size - 250MB.
So this size will depend on the size SSD you are using and using 10% Over Provisioning.
So this size will depend on the size SSD you are using and using 10% Over Provisioning.
Select RAID Device and click create.
Select RAID Device and click create.
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic16.gif|239px|frameless|none|Media check]]
[[File:pic16.gif|239px|frameless|none|Picture 16]]
Make sure you select both system partitions sda1 and sdb1 witch both are 250MB.
Make sure you select both system partitions sda1 and sdb1 witch both are 250MB.
Select RAID Device and click create.
Select RAID Device and click create.
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic17.gif|240px|frameless|none|Media check]]
[[File:pic17.gif|240px|frameless|none|Picture 17]]
Make sure you select both system partitions sda2 and sdb2.
Make sure you select both system partitions sda2 and sdb2.
Select LVM Volume Group and click create.
Select LVM Volume Group and click create.
Select Add and set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Select Add and set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic18.gif|323px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Set the swap size the same as the default setting that was presented to you earlier.
Set the swap size the same as the default setting that was presented to you earlier.
Select Add again and set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
Select Add again and set all options like shown in the folowing screen and select OK:
[[File:pic19.gif|323px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Set the size the same as the maximum size shown in the same window.
Set the size the same as the maximum size shown in the same window.
Select OK again in this window to start the installation.
Select OK again in this window to start the installation.
[[File:pic20.gif|323px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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The RAID1 set you just created is shown now.
The RAID1 set you just created is shown now.
Notice that both sda and sdb have 10% of free space now.
Notice that both sda and sdb have 10% of free space now.
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Click next.
Click next.
Select Write changes to disk.
Select Write changes to disk.
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After the partitioning/formatting has finished you will see the screen below:
After the partitioning/formatting has finished you will see the screen below:
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Click next.
Click next.
The packages will now be installed.
The packages will now be installed.
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After some time your installation will be completed and you are asked to reboot:
After some time your installation will be completed and you are asked to reboot:
[[File:pic25.gif|592px|frameless|none|Media check]]
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Click Reboot.
Click Reboot.
After reboot, finish your SME configuration as you are used to, set an admin password, IP-settings and so on…
After reboot, finish your SME configuration as you are used to, set an admin password, IP-settings and so on…
Login to your server with user root and use the command cat /proc/mdstat to check if your RAID1 set is synchronising:
Login to your server with user root and use the command cat /proc/mdstat to check if your RAID1 set is synchronising:
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After the synchronisation finished the command cat /proc/mdstat output should look something like this:
After the synchronisation finished the command cat /proc/mdstat output should look something like this:
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'''Tip:'''
'''Tip:'''
Do not use the admin account to add an SSD disk to a RAID1 set that is custum partitioned to use less than 100% of the disk space from the menu (Option 5. Manage disk redundancy) because the script behind this option will not check how the disk that needs to be cloned is partitioned.
Do not use the admin account to add an SSD disk to a RAID1 set that is custum partitioned to use less than 100% of the disk space from the menu (Option 5. Manage disk redundancy) because the script behind this option will not check how the disk that needs to be cloned is partitioned.
The script will add the disk but will partition it using 100% of the disk space even when the first SSD disk in the RAID1 set is partitioned using less than 100% of the disk space.
The script will add the disk but will partition it using 100% of the disk space even when the first SSD disk in the RAID1 set is partitioned using less than 100% of the disk space.
