Outline

Introduction	706
RAID	706
RAID 0	707
RAID 1	708
RAID 5	708
RAID 1+0	708
Solaris Volume Manager (SVM)	708
SVM Volumes	710
Concatenations	710
Stripes	710
Concatenated Stripes	710
Mirrors	711
RAID 5 Volumes	712
Planning Your SVM Configuration	712
Metadisk Driver	715
SVM Commands	715
Creating the State Database	716
Monitoring the Status of the State Database	719
Recovering from State Database Problems	720
Creating a Concatenated Volume	721
Monitoring the Status of a Volume	723
Creating a Soft Partition	724
Expanding an SVM Volume	725
Creating a Mirror	727
Unmirroring a Non-Critical File System	730
Mirroring the Root File System	731
Unmirroring the Root File System	734
Troubleshooting Root File System Mirrors	735
Veritas Volume Manager	737
Summary	740