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• RAID 1: mirroring
• RAID 2: synchronized access with separate error correction disks
• RAID 3: synchronized access with fixed parity disk
• RAID 4: independent access with fixed parity disk
• RAID 5: independent access with rotating parity
• RAID 6: dual redundancy with rotating parity
Note that we still closely associate the terms volume and device because the
mapping is fixed. A logical devicenow consists of those s torage facilityresources
required tom anagethe data that is accessible to an ESCON device. This
definition canalso be extended to a SCSI logical unit in a disk data-sharing
environment.The definition of the mapping between logical volumes and physical
arraysof disks can be done by configuration tools at the level of the storage
server byimplementing the fixed mapping tables. Figure 22 on page 86 shows an
example of RAID mapping: eightlogical volumes onto four physical head disk
assemblies (HDAs) in a RAMAC 3 drawer.Note that, while the logical volume
view is still Extended Count Key Data (ECKD) architecture,the physical HDAs
havea f ixedblock architectu re( FBA).T his flexibleassociation disconnects the
technology from the architecturalimplementation.
Figure 22. RAMAC3 Drawer Logical VolumeM apping
9.1.3 Log StructuredFile and SnapShot
The physicaldisk space is considered as a never-ending sequential space, called
alog. New or updated data is placed at the end of the log, in the free area.
Therefore,data is never updated in place; it is always written to a new place.
Only the most recent copy oft hedat ais valid, and a directory indicates the
position of this copy.The track image is the update unit.
Every functional volumeis defined as the most recent set of tracks. Th is concept
offerstwo advantages:
• Timed evolutionary view of the data
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