nas:build_a_linux_nas:create_a_filesystem

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NAS - Build a Linux NAS - Create a Filesystem

sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0

NOTE: /dev/md0 can be used now just as any other block device.

The script at http://busybox.net/~aldot/mkfs_stride.html can be used to calculate the best settings for the filesystem:
```
mkfs.ext4 -b 4096 -E stride=128,stripe-width=256 /dev/md0
```
- where
  - RAID chunk size (in KiB): 512
  - Number of filesystem blocks (in KiB): 4

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