create_raid.sh

# Install the mdadm library
sudo apt-get install mdadm

# Note down the names and UUIDs of the drives that we want to use as RAID
sudo blkid

# Create virtual RAID storage device
sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md/vol1 --level=0 --raid-devices=4 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1

# Check if the device has been successfully created
sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md/vol1

# Format the mounted virtual RAID storage device
sudo mkfs.ext4 -v -m .1 -b 4096 -E stride=32,stripe-width=64 /dev/md/vol1

# Mount the virtual RAID storage device
sudo mount /dev/md/vol1 /mnt