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- I/O
, 
- interfaces
- See Solaris Volume Manager interfaces
- interlace
- specifying
, 
K
- /kernel/drv/md.conf file
, , 
L
- local disk set
, 
- lockfs command
, , 
- log device
- definition
,  - problems when sharing
,  - recovering from errors
,  - shared
, ,  - sharing
,  - space required
, 
- logging device
- hard error state
, 
M
- majority consensus algorithm
, 
- master device
- definition
, 
- md.cf file
,  - recovering a Solaris Volume Manager configuration
, 
- md.tab file
,  - overview
, 
- metaclear command
, , , , 
- metadb command
, , , , , 
- metadetach command
, , , , 
- metadevice
- See volume
- metahs command
, , 
- metainit command
, , , , , , , , , , , 
- metaoffline command
, , 
- metaonline command
, 
- metaparam command
, , , , , 
- metarename command
, , 
- metareplace command
, , , , , , 
- metaroot command
, 
- metaset command
, , , 
- metastat command
, , , , 
- metasync command
, 
- metattach command
, , , , , , , , , 
- mirror
,  - and disk geometries
,  - and online backup
,  - attaching a submirror
,  - changing options
,  - definition
,  - detach vs. offline
,  - example with two submirrors
,  - expanding
,  - explanation of error states
,  - guidelines
,  - information for creating
,  - information for replacing and enabling components
,  - maintenance vs. last erred
,  - maximum number of submirrors
,  - options
,  - overview of replacing and enabling components
,  - overview of replacing and enabling slices
,  - resynchronization
, ,  - sample status output
,  - three-way mirror
,  - two-way mirror
, 
- mirroring
- availability considerations
,  - file system that can be unmounted
,  - read and write performance
,  - root (/), /usr, and swap
,  - unused slices
, 
N
- newfs command
, 
O
- online backup
, 
P
- pass number
- and read-only mirror
,  - defined
, 
R
- RAID
- levels supported in Solaris Volume Manager
, 
- RAID 5 parity calculations
, 
- RAID 5 volume
- and interlace
,  - creating
, 
- RAID 0 volume
- definition
, , 
- RAID 5 volume
- definition
, ,  - enabling a failed slice
,  - example with an expanded device
,  - example with four slices
,  - expanding
,  - explanation of error states
,  - information for replacing and enabling components
,  - initializing slices
,  - maintenance vs. last erred
,  - overview of replacing and enabling slices
,  - parity information
, ,  - replacing a failed slice
,  - resynchronizing slices
, 
- RAID 0 volume
- usage
, 
- random I/O
, 
- raw volume
, , , , 
- read policies overview
, 
- releasing a disk set
, , , 
- renaming volumes
, 
- replica
, 
- reserving a disk set
, 
- resynchronization
- full
,  - optimized
,  - partial
, 
- root (/)
- mirroring
,  - unmirroring
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