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aacraid Driver

Adaptec RAID Setup Utility

The Adaptec Storage Manager

Promise Technology

Creating an Array

Installing Linux onto a Promise Array

Configuring the ataraid Driver

Converting an Existing Standalone Disk to a Mirror

Post-Installation Array Management

3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller

Creating an Array and Installing Linux

Converting an Existing Standalone Disk to a Mirror

Kernel Configuration

3DM Disk Manager

LSI Logic (MegaRAID)

Creating an Array

Installing Linux Directly to a MegaRAID Controller

The MegaRAID Driver

Converting an Existing Standalone Disk to a Mirror

Managing Arrays

6. Filesystems

Basic Filesystem Concepts

Blocks and Inodes

Organization

Journaling Filesystems

The Linux Virtual Filesystem (VFS)

ext2

ext2 Organization

Creating an ext2 Filesystem

Tuning ext2 Filesystems

ext3 Extensions for the ext2 Filesystem

Patching the Kernel for ext3 Support

Compiling the Kernel with ext3 Support

Working with ext3

Creating an ext3 Partition

Converting an ext2 Filesystem to ext3

Tuning ext3 Features

Further Information

ReiserFS

Installing Directly to ReiserFS

Compiling the Kernel with ReiserFS Support

Creating a Filesystem

reiserfsck, reiserfstune, and debugreiserfs

IBM JFS

Distribution Support

Patching the Kernel

Configuring the Kernel

Installing the JFS Utilities

Further Information

SGI XFS

Distribution Support

Obtaining XFS

Compiling the Kernel with XFS Support

Building the XFS Utilities

Further Information

7. Performance, Tuning, and Maintenance

Monitoring RAID Devices

RAID and syslog

BigBrother

SysOrb

Verbose SCSI Reporting

Managing Disk Failures

Automatic Failover to a Spare Disk

Sharing Spare Disks

Manual Disk Replacement

Problems with Hot-Swap and Disk Replacement

Configuring Hard Disk Parameters

Tuning ATA Disks with hdparm

Tuning Disk Elevators

Performance Testing

Booting with Software RAID

Installing Directly to Software RAID

Converting to Software RAID

A. Additional Resources

Mailing Lists

Web Sites and Online Resources

RAID

Books

B. Hardware RAID Controller Vendors

Index

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