USENIX Technical Program - Abstract

USENIX Technical Program - Abstract - USENIX 99

The Vinum Volume Manager

Greg Lehey, Nan Yang Computer Services Ltd.

Abstract

The Vinum Volume Manager is a block device driver which implements virtual disk drives. It isolates disk hardware from the block device interface and maps data in ways which result in an increase in flexibility, performance and reliability compared to the traditional slice view of disk storage. Vinum implements the RAID-0, RAID-1 and RAID-5 models, both individually and in combination.

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