December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
260 pages
9h 18m
English
Content preview from Managing RAID on LinuxBecome an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Software Considerations
There are also software issues to consider. First, is the controller you are thinking about purchasing supported by Linux? If there is support, is it open source and integrated into the kernel? Or is it available only as a kernel patch or as a binary-only kernel module?
Integrated open source support is obviously the best bet when choosing any piece of hardware for use with Linux, although in some rare cases. a vendor-provided kernel patch might be more desirable.
Be extremely wary of binary-only modules. Forward compatibility is never guaranteed, and support is available only from your vendor, instead of the vast community of open source developers. And you can’t fix problems that might arise on your own because you don’t have access to the source code.
The availability of user-space tools—that is, tools that are run after the operating system has loaded—is also a consideration. After all, the potential high-availability features of RAID aren’t much good if you have to restart your system to run BIOS-level configuration tools to perform essential administrative tasks such as creating a new array, managing failed disks, and adding new spare disks. So, when choosing a controller, look for a vendor that provides open source drivers, preferably integrated into the current stable kernel tree, as well as some user-space management tools.
So far, I have not found any vendor-provided, open source management tools. However, I have been told by at least one vendor that ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.