Managing RAID on Linux - Derek Vadala [138]
parity-disk option (/etc/raidtab file), raidtools Commands
partitioning, Partitioning with fdisk, Partitioning with fdisk, Partitioning with fdisk, Partitioning without autodetection, Linear (Append) Mode, Partition limitations
for autodetection, Partitioning with fdisk
limitations, Partition limitations
rules, Linear (Append) Mode
with fdisk, Partitioning with fdisk
without autodetection, Partitioning without autodetection
partitions, Creating a driver disk, Working with ext3
ext3, Working with ext3
never create on component disks, Creating a driver disk
Pasteur, Bob, Adaptec I2O RAID Driver
Patterson, David A., Acknowledgments
PCI bus, defined, Motherboards and the PCI Bus
PERC, Adaptec
performance, I/O Channels, Disk Access Protocols, RAID-4 (Dedicated Parity), RAID-5 (Distributed Parity), Hybrid Arrays, Space efficiency versus performance, Doesn't journaling hurt performance?, Tuning ext3 Features, Monitoring RAID Devices, Monitoring RAID Devices, Configuring Hard Disk Parameters, Configuring Hard Disk Parameters, Configuring Hard Disk Parameters, Tuning ATA Disks with hdparm, Enabling DMA mode transfers, 32-bit I/O support, Increasing multiple sector I/O, Increasing multiple sector I/O, Filesystem read-ahead, Filesystem read-ahead, Filesystem read-ahead, Performance Testing, Performance Testing, Performance Testing
32-bit I/O, 32-bit I/O support
and disk access protocols, Disk Access Protocols
documentation online, Configuring Hard Disk Parameters
filesystem read-ahead, Filesystem read-ahead
hard disk parameters, Configuring Hard Disk Parameters
hdparm command, Configuring Hard Disk Parameters
hybrid arrays, Hybrid Arrays
interrupt unmasking, Increasing multiple sector I/O
journaling effect on, Doesn't journaling hurt performance?
multiple sector I/O, Increasing multiple sector I/O
RAID-5 (distributed parity), RAID-4 (Dedicated Parity), RAID-5 (Distributed Parity)
versus RAID-4 (dedicated parity), RAID-4 (Dedicated Parity)
testing, Filesystem read-ahead, Performance Testing, Performance Testing, Performance Testing
bonnie++ program, Performance Testing
hard disk configuration, Filesystem read-ahead
tiobench program, Performance Testing
tuning, Tuning ext3 Features, Monitoring RAID Devices, Tuning ATA Disks with hdparm, Filesystem read-ahead
ATA disks, Tuning ATA Disks with hdparm
disk elevators, Filesystem read-ahead
ext3, Tuning ext3 Features
UltraDMA mode, Enabling DMA mode transfers
persistent-superblock option (/etc/raidtab file), Linear (Append) Mode, The /etc/raidtab File
planning RAID implementation, Hardware or Software?
platters, Platters, tracks, sectors, and cylinders
PROGRAM lines, PROGRAM lines
Promise FastTrak100, Hardware RAID
Promise Technology, Promise Technology, Creating an Array, Creating an Array, Creating an Array, Installing Linux onto a Promise Array, Creating a driver disk, Creating a driver disk, Configuring the ataraid Driver, Reconfiguring LILO, Additional steps for new systems, Additional steps for new systems, Bibliography
configuring ataraid drivers, Configuring the ataraid Driver
converting existing standalone disk to mirror, Additional steps for new systems
creating driver disk, Creating a driver disk
documentation online, Creating an Array
FastBuild, Creating an Array
importance of ataraid drivers, Installing Linux onto a Promise Array
installing Linux, Creating an Array
installing system, Creating a driver disk
post-installation array management, Additional steps for new systems
reconfiguring LILO, Reconfiguring LILO
vendor address, Bibliography
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RAID, Acknowledgments, RAID Terminology, Outboard solutions, The RAID Levels: In Depth, Hot-Swap, The RAID Superblock, Reusing member disks
defined, Acknowledgments
hardware considerations, Hot-Swap
outboard systems, Outboard solutions
storage capacities, The RAID Levels: In Depth
superblock, The RAID Superblock, Reusing member