From ace9429bb58fd418f0c81d4c2835699bddf6bde6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:27:49 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 6.6.15. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- .../admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e9a8da192a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +========= +dm-stripe +========= + +Device-Mapper's "striped" target is used to create a striped (i.e. RAID-0) +device across one or more underlying devices. Data is written in "chunks", +with consecutive chunks rotating among the underlying devices. This can +potentially provide improved I/O throughput by utilizing several physical +devices in parallel. + +Parameters: [ ]+ + : + Number of underlying devices. + : + Size of each chunk of data. Must be at least as + large as the system's PAGE_SIZE. + : + Full pathname to the underlying block-device, or a + "major:minor" device-number. + : + Starting sector within the device. + +One or more underlying devices can be specified. The striped device size must +be a multiple of the chunk size multiplied by the number of underlying devices. + + +Example scripts +=============== + +:: + + #!/usr/bin/perl -w + # Create a striped device across any number of underlying devices. The device + # will be called "stripe_dev" and have a chunk-size of 128k. + + my $chunk_size = 128 * 2; + my $dev_name = "stripe_dev"; + my $num_devs = @ARGV; + my @devs = @ARGV; + my ($min_dev_size, $stripe_dev_size, $i); + + if (!$num_devs) { + die("Specify at least one device\n"); + } + + $min_dev_size = `blockdev --getsz $devs[0]`; + for ($i = 1; $i < $num_devs; $i++) { + my $this_size = `blockdev --getsz $devs[$i]`; + $min_dev_size = ($min_dev_size < $this_size) ? + $min_dev_size : $this_size; + } + + $stripe_dev_size = $min_dev_size * $num_devs; + $stripe_dev_size -= $stripe_dev_size % ($chunk_size * $num_devs); + + $table = "0 $stripe_dev_size striped $num_devs $chunk_size"; + for ($i = 0; $i < $num_devs; $i++) { + $table .= " $devs[$i] 0"; + } + + `echo $table | dmsetup create $dev_name`; -- cgit v1.2.3