Setup EBS Raid on EC2 Linux Instance

setup-ebs.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# format
sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/nvme1n1

# mount ebs volumne
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/data
sudo mount /dev/nvme1n1 /mnt/data

# fix permissions
sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /mnt/data

# untar/unzip data file
data_file=/mnt/data/All+SMI+Flat+data.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzf $data_file -C /mnt/data

setup-raid.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# create the raid array
sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=0 --name=MY_RAID --raid-devices=2 /dev/nvme{1,2}n1

# format
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L MY_RAID /dev/md0

# add config file to recreate the raid on boot
sudo mdadm --detail --scan | sudo tee -a /etc/mdadm.conf

# create ramdisk image to preload the block device modules
sudo dracut -H -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

# mount the raid device
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/data
sudo mount LABEL=MY_RAID /mnt/data

# fix permissions
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /mnt/data