Creating a stripe set of stripe sets, Scrubbing a raid-5 set 9-18 – HP NetRAID-4M Controller User Manual

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Command Line Interface User’s Guide

Use the

container list

command to display the root special file

associated with the stripe set of volume sets. See Displaying A Root
Special File (UNIX Only)
for more information on the root special file.

Understanding Some Tasks to Perform After Creating a Stripe Set of
Volume Sets

Add a file system. See Chapter 9, Modifying Containers, for a
description of how to add a file system.

Assign a drive letter. See Chapter 6, Working with Container
Attributes
, for a description of how to assign a drive letter.

Creating a Stripe Set of Stripe Sets

A stripe set of stripe sets is a multi-level container made up of a top-
level stripe set and two or more underlying stripe sets of equal size.
See the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s Guide for a description of
stripe sets and other container concepts.

To work with a stripe set of stripe sets, you must understand:

The stripe set of stripe set attributes you can specify

How to create a stripe set of stripe sets

Stripe set of stripe set creation in a NetWare environment

Stripe set of stripe set creation in a UNIX environment

Some tasks to perform after creating a stripe set of stripe sets

The following sections discuss each of these topics.

Understanding the Stripe Set of Stripe Set Attributes You can Specify

You use the

container create mstripe

command to create a

stripe set of stripe sets. Before creating a stripe set of stripe sets,
consider the following stripe set of stripe set attributes you can
specify:

stripe size

container label

Specifying Stripe Size When Creating a Stripe Set of Stripe Sets

The

stripe size

attribute indicates the stripe size for a container.

Stripe size is the amount of data written to a partition before the I/O

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