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<p>mdadm is a <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> utility used to manage and monitor <a href="/facts/Software_RAID/IpzWWgog">software RAID</a> devices. It is used in modern <a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">Linux distributions</a> in place of older software RAID utilities such as raidtools2 or raidtools. </p><p>mdadm is <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a> originally maintained by, and copyrighted to, Neil Brown of <a href="/facts/SUSE_S.A./qQvcGEUX">SUSE</a>, and licensed under the terms of version 2 or later of the <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU General Public License</a>. </p>