Chapter 6 Managing the File System
Working With Disks
Working With Disks
Adisk:
•can be used as an individual element or as one of many disks in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID).
•can contain metadata information, journaling, and/or data.
•can constitute a single stripe group itself, or can be one node of a
•can be a local hard disk located inside a server (if only a metadata disk), or most commonly, used in a RAID visible to all machines in the Storage Area Network (SAN) over FC.
The procedures in this section describe how to manage disks by adding, deleting, and defragmenting disks. Each disk is assigned to a disk type that specifies the number of sectors on the disk.
•Adding Disks
•Deleting Disks
•Defragmenting a Disk
Adding Disks | Use this procedure to add a disk to a selected file system. |
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Note: A disk must have a label before you can add it. For information about labeling a disk, see Labeling a Device on page 96.
1If the file system is mounted, unmount the file system as described in Mounting or Unmounting a File System on page 107.
2If the file system is started, stop the file system as described in Starting and Stopping the File System on page 106.
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