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--- systems:media_server:hard_drive_setup [2025/05/11 13:56] – created peter
+++ systems:media_server:hard_drive_setup [2025/05/13 16:46] (current) – peter
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 ====== Systems - Media Server - Hard Drive setup ======
+To identify, mount and partition the hard drives in the system.
+----
 ===== Identify the Drives =====
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 <code bash>
-lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,UUID
+lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,UUID,ID
+</code>
+returns:
+<code>
+sdb         ext4        /media/peter/Disk1                                 14.6T a52f1b89-9387-4ece-b7da-891ef2a2c472   0x5000c500c4922748
+sdc         ext4        /media/peter/Disk2                                 14.6T 94b0eb56-4b78-4fa0-a554-5b46e78347e6   0x5000c500c52d2756
+sdd         ext4        /media/peter/Disk01                                 7.3T a554dc52-3eb3-4296-8de9-1670511e2767   WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_R6GYZ8RY
+sde         ext4        /media/peter/Backup1                                7.3T 444820cc-4ac0-4d28-8777-eda505cf1ea2   WDC_WD80EFAX-68KNBN0_VAJB0YAL
+sdf         ext4        /media/peter/Games1                                 7.3T 4f8bda34-638d-40b7-8c3c-43eb0833e87f   WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_R6GZ55XY
+sdg                                                                         7.3T                                        WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX
+└─sdg1      ext4        /media/peter/Disk10                                 7.3T 1e427d63-683a-4802-8028-471a55ae73a6   WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX-part1
+sdh         ext4        /media/peter/Disk05e                               14.6T 8bf14002-79b8-421b-8476-9fcd476db878   ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR51SQ0D
+sdi         ext4        /media/peter/Disk06e                               14.6T 0e8f6d23-1fe1-4a93-93e4-fe04b1cc64fa   ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2HZQZX
+sdj         ext4        /media/peter/Disk07e                               14.6T f8bb3cd4-c8cf-4a58-967d-787889fc241e   ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR703EYB
+sdk         ext4        /media/peter/Disk08e                               14.6T 931e2d26-7a8c-4cd6-8230-188ee9cd5e57   ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2HN378
+sdl         ext4        /media/peter/Disk01e                               14.6T 421a2ae3-b3b4-4590-bab0-b1d1d3f4b57f   ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2JH6CN
+sdm         ext4        /media/peter/Disk02e                               14.6T 2482a9a7-a6ba-44f2-a5be-3fd08929bddf   ST16000NM000G-2KH103_ZL29RRKD
+sdn         ext4        /media/peter/Disk03e                               14.6T 2901c4ee-ec8d-426a-9818-0aa76c36937e   ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR52QJV5
+sdo         ext4        /media/peter/Disk04e                               14.6T dadc4151-b7e7-47dc-963a-be77ba82103c   ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR70WLTL
 </code>
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 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   10 May  5 09:18 ata-WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX-part1 -> ../../sdg1
 </code>
+----
+===== Format the drives (Optional) =====
+Partitioning a new data disk:
+<code bash>
+sudo parted -a optimal -s /dev/sdX -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 0% 100%
+sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 2 -T largefile4 -L diskp01 /dev/sdX1
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  "-m 2" here reserves 2% of the filesystem for root-owned files (e.g. .../.snapraid/content)
+</WRAP>
+Partitioning a new parity disk:
+<code bash>
+sudo parted -a optimal -s /dev/sdX -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 0% 100%
+sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -T largefile4 -L disk01 /dev/sdX1
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:** "-m 0" here reserves 0% of the filesystem, ensuring that the parity disks are slightly larger than the data disks.
+</WRAP>