Managing RAID on Linux - Derek Vadala [141]
comparing with hardware RAID, Hardware or Software?
converting to, SuSE
defined, Hardware or Software?
documentation online, SuSE, Converting to Software RAID
installing directly to, Installing Directly to Software RAID
Mandrake and, SuSE
Red Hat and, Installing Directly to Software RAID
reference, Software RAID Reference
stigma of using, Software (Kernel-Managed) RAID
SuSE and, SuSE
spanning, defined, Linear Mode
spare disks, Resynchronization and reconstruction, raidtools Commands, Example usage, , Automatic Failover to a Spare Disk, Sharing Spare Disks
automatic failover, Automatic Failover to a Spare Disk
sharing, Sharing Spare Disks
spare-disk option, RAID-1 (Mirroring)
spare-disk option (/etc/raidtab file), raidtools Commands
speed_limit_max option, /proc/sys/dev/raid
speed_limit_min option, /proc/sys/dev/raid
spin rate, defined, Actuator arm
spin-up, Controller Disk Spin-up
SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions), System initialization
standalone disk, converting to mirror, Configuring an existing disk for JBOD mode, Additional steps for new systems
Stonebraker, Michael, Journaling Filesystems, Bibliography
stopping an array, Stopping an array
Storage Area Network (SAN), Storage Area Network (SAN)
storage capacities, The RAID Levels: In Depth
Strand, Brad, 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller
striping, defined, Degraded
superblock, The RAID Superblock, Reusing member disks, ext2
ext2, ext2
SuperTrak, Promise Technology
SusE, and software RAID, SuSE
syslog program, Monitoring RAID Devices
SysOrb program, BigBrother
system initialization, System initialization
system installation, System Installation
system logging, RAID and syslog
T
testing hard disk performance, Filesystem read-ahead
The Storage Review.com, Motherboard and System Compatibility
third-party evaluations, Motherboard and System Compatibility
Thompson, Barbara Fritchman, Bibliography
Thompson, Robert Bruce, Bibliography
tiobench program, Performance Testing
transfer rate, defined, Maximum data throughput
Troan, Erik, Kernel Configuration
Ts'o, Theodore, RAID options
tune2fs command, Tuning ext2 Filesystems
tuning performance, Monitoring RAID Devices
U
UltraDMA mode, Enabling DMA mode transfers
unzip utility, Preparing Controllers and Disks
V
Vepstas, Linas, Kernel Options
Verbose SCSI reporting, BigBrother
VFS (Virtual Filesystem), Doesn't journaling hurt performance?
Von Hagen, William, Basic Filesystem Concepts, Bibliography
W
Ward, Brian, Making Sense of It All
White, Karen, Adaptec I2O RAID Driver
Wilson, Austin, Bibliography
write cache memory, Write Cache
write-back caching, Write-back caching
write-through caching, Write-through caching
X
XFS (Extended File System), SGI XFS, SGI XFS, SGI XFS, SGI XFS, Obtaining XFS, Obtaining XFS, Building the XFS Utilities, Further Information, Filesystems
compiling kernel, Obtaining XFS
distribution support, SGI XFS
documentation online, Further Information
home page, Filesystems
installation download, SGI XFS
kernel patch, Obtaining XFS
overview, online, SGI XFS
utilities, Building the XFS Utilities
XOR (exclusive OR), RAID-5
Z
zip archives, Preparing Controllers and Disks
Zubkoff, Leonard, Mylex
Zyngier, Mark, Kernel 2.4
About the Author
lives in New York City. He works for azurance.com, an open source and security consulting firm that he co-founded. He has been published in SysAdmin Magazine, Linux Journal, The Perl Journal, and The Journal of Linux Technology.
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