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HOWTO: Multi Disk System Tuning
Stein Gjoen, sgjoen@nyx.net
v0.33a, 20 May 2002
This document describes how best to use multiple disks and partitions for a Linux system. Although some of this text is Linux specific the general approach outlined here can be applied to many other multi tasking operating systems.
1. Introduction
2. Structure
3. Drive Technologies
- 3.1 Drives
- 3.2 Geometry
- 3.3 Media
- 3.4 Interfaces
- 3.5 Cabling
- 3.6 Host Adapters
- 3.7 Multi Channel Systems
- 3.8 Multi Board Systems
- 3.9 Speed Comparison
- 3.10 Benchmarking
- 3.11 Comparisons
- 3.12 Future Development
- 3.13 Recommendations
4. File System Structure
5. File Systems
- 5.1 General Purpose File Systems
- 5.2 Microsoft File Systems
- 5.3 Logging and Journaling File Systems
- 5.4 Read-only File Systems
- 5.5 Networking File Systems
- 5.6 Special File Systems
- 5.7 File System Recommendations
6. Technologies
- 6.1 RAID
- 6.2 Volume Management
- 6.3 Linux
mdKernel Patch - 6.4 Compression
- 6.5 ACL
- 6.6
cachefs - 6.7 Translucent or Inheriting File Systems
- 6.8 Physical Track Positioning
- 6.9 Yoke
- 6.10 Stacking
- 6.11 Recommendations
7. Other Operating Systems
8. Clusters
9. Mount Points
10. Considerations and Dimensioning
11. Disk Layout
- 11.1 Selection for Partitioning
- 11.2 Mapping Partitions to Drives
- 11.3 Sorting Partitions on Drives
- 11.4 Optimizing
- 11.5 Compromises
12. Implementation
- 12.1 Checklist
- 12.2 Drives and Partitions
- 12.3 Partitioning
- 12.4 Repartitioning
- 12.5 Microsoft Partition Bug
- 12.6 Multiple Devices (
md) - 12.7 Formatting
- 12.8 Mounting
- 12.9
fstab - 12.10 Mount options
- 12.11 Recommendations
13. Maintenance
14. Advanced Issues
15. Troubleshooting
16. Further Information
- 16.1 News groups
- 16.2 Mailing Lists
- 16.3 HOWTO
- 16.4 Mini-HOWTO
- 16.5 Local Resources
- 16.6 Web Pages
- 16.7 Search Engines
17. Getting Help
18. Concluding Remarks
19. Questions and Answers
20. Bits and Pieces
- 20.1 Swap Partition: to Use or Not to Use
- 20.2 Mount Point and
/mnt - 20.3 Power and Heating
- 20.4 Deja
- 20.5 Crash Recovery
21. Appendix A: Partitioning Layout Table: Mounting and Linking
22. Appendix B: Partitioning Layout Table: Numbering and Sizing
23. Appendix C: Partitioning Layout Table: Partition Placement
24. Appendix D: Example: Multipurpose Server
25. Appendix E: Example: Mounting and Linking
26. Appendix F: Example: Numbering and Sizing
27. Appendix G: Example: Partition Placement
28. Appendix H: Example II
29. Appendix I: Example III: SPARC Solaris
30. Appendix J: Example IV: Server with 4 Drives
31. Appendix K: Example V: Dual Drive System
32. Appendix L: Example VI: Single Drive System
33. Appendix M: Disk System Documenter
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