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37 37  
38 38  Let's start by creating a simple zpool wyth my 4 drives. I could create a zpool named "tank" with the following command:
39 39  
40 -{{{# zpool create tank sde sdf sdg sdh}}}
40 +{{code language="bash session"}}
41 +# zpool create tank sde sdf sdg sdh
42 +{{/code}}
41 41  
42 42  In this case, I'm using four disk VDEVs. Notice that I'm not using full device paths, although I could. Because VDEVs are always dynamically striped, this is effectively a RAID-0 between four drives (no redundancy). We should also check the status of the zpool:
43 43  
44 -{{{# zpool status tank
46 +{{code language="bash session"}}
47 +# zpool status tank
45 45   pool: tank
46 46   state: ONLINE
47 - scan: none requested
50 + scan: none requested
48 48  config:
49 49  
50 50   NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
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54 54   sdg ONLINE 0 0 0
55 55   sdh ONLINE 0 0 0
56 56  
57 -errors: No known data errors}}}
60 +errors: No known data errors
61 +{{/code}}
58 58  
59 59  Let's tear down the zpool, and create a new one. Run the following before continuing, if you're following along in your own terminal:
60 60  
61 -{{{# zpool destroy tank}}}
65 +{{code language="bash session"}}
66 +# zpool destroy tank
67 +{{/code}}
62 62  
69 +
63 63  == A simple mirrored zpool ==
64 64  
65 65  In this next example, I wish to mirror all four drives (/dev/sde, /dev/sdf, /dev/sdg and /dev/sdh). So, rather than using the disk VDEV, I'll be using "mirror". The command is as follows:
66 66  
67 -{{{# zpool create tank mirror sde sdf sdg sdh
74 +{{code language="bash session"}}
75 +# zpool create tank mirror sde sdf sdg sdh
68 68  # zpool status tank
69 69   pool: tank
70 70   state: ONLINE
71 - scan: none requested
79 + scan: none requested
72 72  config:
73 73  
74 74   NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
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79 79   sdg ONLINE 0 0 0
80 80   sdh ONLINE 0 0 0
81 81  
82 -errors: No known data errors}}}
90 +errors: No known data errors
91 +{{/code}}
83 83  
84 84  Notice that "mirror-0" is now the VDEV, with each physical device managed by it. As mentioned earlier, this would be analogous to a Linux software RAID "/dev/md0" device representing the four physical devices. Let's now clean up our pool, and create another.
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