mdadm --stop /dev/md0

Category: Administration

mdadm --stop /dev/md0

Stop a RAID array

Takes the md0 RAID array offline, releasing its member disks. All filesystems on the array must be unmounted first. Stopping is safe as long as the member disks keep their superblocks, so the array can be reassembled later with mdadm --assemble.
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