Index
Symbols
- /boot/ directory, The /boot/ Directory
 - /dev/shm, df Command
 - /etc/fstab, Converting to an ext3 File System, Mounting NFS File Systems Using /etc/fstab, Mounting a File System
 - /etc/fstab file
 - enabling disk quotas with, Enabling Quotas
 
- /local/directory (client configuration, mounting)
 - /proc
 - /proc/devices, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/filesystems, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/mdstat, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/mounts, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/mounts/, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/partitions, The /proc Virtual File System
 
- /proc/devices
 - virtual file system (/proc), The /proc Virtual File System
 
- /proc/filesystems
 - virtual file system (/proc), The /proc Virtual File System
 
- /proc/mdstat
 - virtual file system (/proc), The /proc Virtual File System
 
- /proc/mounts
 - virtual file system (/proc), The /proc Virtual File System
 
- /proc/mounts/
 - virtual file system (/proc), The /proc Virtual File System
 
- /proc/partitions
 - virtual file system (/proc), The /proc Virtual File System
 
- /remote/export (client configuration, mounting)
 
A
- adding paths to a storage device, Adding a Storage Device or Path
 - adding/removing
 - LUN (logical unit number), Adding/Removing a Logical Unit Through rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 
- advanced RAID device creation
 - allocation features
 - ext4, The ext4 File System
 - XFS, The XFS File System
 
- Anaconda support
 - API, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel API
 - API, iSCSI, iSCSI API
 - ATA standards
 - I/O alignment and size, ATA
 
- autofs , autofs, Configuring autofs
 - (see also NFS)
 
- autofs version 5
 
B
- backup/restoration
 - battery-backed write caches
 - write barriers, Battery-Backed Write Caches
 
- bcull (cache cull limits settings)
 - FS-Cache, Setting Cache Cull Limits
 
- binding/unbinding an iface to a portal
 - offload and interface binding
 
- block device ioctls (userspace access)
 - I/O alignment and size, Block Device ioctls
 
- blocked device, verifying
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- brun (cache cull limits settings)
 - FS-Cache, Setting Cache Cull Limits
 
- bstop (cache cull limits settings)
 - FS-Cache, Setting Cache Cull Limits
 
- Btrfs
 - File System, Btrfs (Technology Preview)
 
C
- cache back end
 - FS-Cache, FS-Cache
 
- cache cull limits
 - FS-Cache, Setting Cache Cull Limits
 
- cache limitations with NFS
 - FS-Cache, Cache Limitations with NFS
 
- cache setup
 - FS-Cache, Setting up a Cache
 
- cache sharing
 - FS-Cache, Cache Sharing
 
- cachefiles
 - FS-Cache, FS-Cache
 
- cachefilesd
 - FS-Cache, Setting up a Cache
 
- CCW, channel command word
 - storage considerations during installation, DASD and zFCP Devices on IBM System Z
 
- changing dev_loss_tmo
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- Changing the read/write state
 - Online logical units, Changing the Read/Write State of an Online Logical Unit
 
- channel command word (CCW)
 - storage considerations during installation, DASD and zFCP Devices on IBM System Z
 
- coherency data
 - FS-Cache, FS-Cache
 
- command timer (SCSI)
 - Linux SCSI layer, Command Timer
 
- commands
 - volume_key, volume_key Commands
 
- configuration
 - discovery
 
- configuring a tftp service for diskless clients
 - diskless systems, Configuring a tftp Service for Diskless Clients
 
- configuring an Ethernet interface to use FCoE
 - configuring DHCP for diskless clients
 - diskless systems, Configuring DHCP for Diskless Clients
 
- configuring RAID sets
 - RAID, Configuring RAID Sets
 
- controlling SCSI command timer and device status
 - Linux SCSI layer, Controlling the SCSI Command Timer and Device Status
 
- creating
 - cumulative mode (xfsrestore)
 - XFS, Restoration
 
D
- DASD and zFCP devices on IBM System z
 - storage considerations during installation, DASD and zFCP Devices on IBM System Z
 
- debugfs (other ext4 file system utilities)
 - deployment
 - solid-state disks, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 
- deployment guidelines
 - solid-state disks, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 
- determining remote port states
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- dev directory, The /dev/ Directory
 - device status
 - Linux SCSI layer, Device States
 
- device-mapper multipathing, DM Multipath
 - devices, removing, Removing a Storage Device
 - dev_loss_tmo
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- dev_loss_tmo, changing
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- df, df Command
 - DHCP, configuring
 - diskless systems, Configuring DHCP for Diskless Clients
 
- DIF/DIX-enabled block devices
 - storage considerations during installation, Block Devices with DIF/DIX Enabled
 
- direct map support (autofs version 5)
 - directories
 - /boot/, The /boot/ Directory
 - /dev/, The /dev/ Directory
 - /etc/, The /etc/ Directory
 - /mnt/, The /mnt/ Directory
 - /opt/, The /opt/ Directory
 - /proc/, The /proc/ Directory
 - /srv/, The /srv/ Directory
 - /sys/, The /sys/ Directory
 - /usr/, The /usr/ Directory
 - /var/, The /var/ Directory
 
- dirty logs (repairing XFS file systems)
 - disabling NOP-Outs
 - iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root
 
- disabling write caches
 - write barriers, Disabling Write Caches
 
- discovery
 - disk quotas, Disk Quotas
 - additional resources, Disk Quota References
 - assigning per file system, Setting the Grace Period for Soft Limits
 - assigning per group, Assigning Quotas per Group
 - assigning per user, Assigning Quotas per User
 - disabling, Enabling and Disabling
 - enabling, Configuring Disk Quotas, Enabling and Disabling
 - /etc/fstab, modifying, Enabling Quotas
 - creating quota files, Creating the Quota Database Files
 - quotacheck, running, Creating the Quota Database Files
 
- grace period, Assigning Quotas per User
 - hard limit, Assigning Quotas per User
 - management of, Managing Disk Quotas
 - quotacheck command, using to check, Keeping Quotas Accurate
 - reporting, Reporting on Disk Quotas
 
- soft limit, Assigning Quotas per User
 
- disk storage (see disk quotas)
 - parted (see parted)
 
- diskless systems
 - DHCP, configuring, Configuring DHCP for Diskless Clients
 - exported file systems, Configuring an Exported File System for Diskless Clients
 - network booting service, Setting up a Remote Diskless System
 - remote diskless systems, Setting up a Remote Diskless System
 - required packages, Setting up a Remote Diskless System
 - tftp service, configuring, Configuring a tftp Service for Diskless Clients
 
- dm-multipath
 - iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Settings with dm-multipath
 
- dmraid
 - RAID, dmraid
 
- dmraid (configuring RAID sets)
 - RAID, dmraid
 
- drivers (native), Fibre Channel, Native Fibre Channel Drivers and Capabilities
 - du, du Command
 - dump levels
 - XFS, Backup
 
E
- e2fsck, Reverting to an Ext2 File System
 - e2image (other ext4 file system utilities)
 - e2label
 - e2label (other ext4 file system utilities)
 - enablind/disabling
 - write barriers, Enabling and Disabling Write Barriers
 
- enhanced LDAP support (autofs version 5)
 - error messages
 - write barriers, Enabling and Disabling Write Barriers
 
- etc directory, The /etc/ Directory
 - expert mode (xfs_quota)
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
- exported file systems
 - diskless systems, Configuring an Exported File System for Diskless Clients
 
- ext2
 - reverting from ext3, Reverting to an Ext2 File System
 
- ext3
 - converting from ext2, Converting to an ext3 File System
 - creating, Creating an ext3 File System
 - features, The ext3 File System
 
- ext4
 - allocation features, The ext4 File System
 - creating, Creating an ext4 File System
 - debugfs (other ext4 file system utilities), Other ext4 File System Utilities
 - e2image (other ext4 file system utilities), Other ext4 File System Utilities
 - e2label, Other ext4 File System Utilities
 - e2label (other ext4 file system utilities), Other ext4 File System Utilities
 - file system types, The ext4 File System
 - fsync(), The ext4 File System
 - main features, The ext4 File System
 - mkfs.ext4, Creating an ext4 File System
 - mounting, Mounting an ext4 File System
 - nobarrier mount option, Mounting an ext4 File System
 - other file system utilities, Other ext4 File System Utilities
 - quota (other ext4 file system utilities), Other ext4 File System Utilities
 - resize2fs (resizing ext4), Resizing an ext4 File System
 - resizing, Resizing an ext4 File System
 - stride (specifying stripe geometry), Creating an ext4 File System
 - stripe geometry, Creating an ext4 File System
 - stripe-width (specifying stripe geometry), Creating an ext4 File System
 - tune2fs (mounting), Mounting an ext4 File System
 - write barriers, Mounting an ext4 File System
 
F
- FCoE
 - configuring an Ethernet interface to use FCoE, Configuring a Fibre Channel over Ethernet Interface
 - Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Configuring a Fibre Channel over Ethernet Interface
 - required packages, Configuring a Fibre Channel over Ethernet Interface
 
- FHS, Overview of Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), FHS Organization
 - (see also file system)
 
- Fibre Channel
 - online storage, Fibre Channel
 
- Fibre Channel API, Fibre Channel API
 - Fibre Channel drivers (native), Native Fibre Channel Drivers and Capabilities
 - Fibre Channel over Ethernet
 - file system
 - FHS standard, FHS Organization
 - hierarchy, Overview of Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
 - organization, FHS Organization
 - structure, File System Structure and Maintenance
 
- File System
 - Btrfs, Btrfs (Technology Preview)
 
- file system types
 - ext4, The ext4 File System
 - GFS2, Global File System 2
 - XFS, The XFS File System
 
- file systems, Gathering File System Information
 - ext2 (see ext2)
 - ext3 (see ext3)
 
- findmnt (command)
 - listing mounts, Listing Currently Mounted File Systems
 
- FS-Cache
 - bcull (cache cull limits settings), Setting Cache Cull Limits
 - brun (cache cull limits settings), Setting Cache Cull Limits
 - bstop (cache cull limits settings), Setting Cache Cull Limits
 - cache back end, FS-Cache
 - cache cull limits, Setting Cache Cull Limits
 - cache sharing, Cache Sharing
 - cachefiles, FS-Cache
 - cachefilesd, Setting up a Cache
 - coherency data, FS-Cache
 - indexing keys, FS-Cache
 - NFS (cache limitations with), Cache Limitations with NFS
 - NFS (using with), Using the Cache with NFS
 - performance guarantee, Performance Guarantee
 - setting up a cache, Setting up a Cache
 - statistical information (tracking), Statistical Information
 - tune2fs (setting up a cache), Setting up a Cache
 
- fsync()
 - ext4, The ext4 File System
 - XFS, The XFS File System
 
G
- GFS2
 - file system types, Global File System 2
 - gfs2.ko, Global File System 2
 - maximum size, Global File System 2
 
- GFS2 file system maximum size, Global File System 2
 - gfs2.ko
 - GFS2, Global File System 2
 
- Global File System 2
 - file system types, Global File System 2
 - gfs2.ko, Global File System 2
 - maximum size, Global File System 2
 
- gquota/gqnoenforce
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
H
- Hardware RAID (see RAID)
 - hardware RAID controller drivers
 - hierarchy, file system, Overview of Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
 - high-end arrays
 - write barriers, High-End Arrays
 
- host
 - Fibre Channel API, Fibre Channel API
 
- how write barriers work
 - write barriers, How Write Barriers Work
 
I
- I/O alignment and size, Storage I/O Alignment and Size
 - ATA standards, ATA
 - block device ioctls (userspace access), Block Device ioctls
 - Linux I/O stack, Storage I/O Alignment and Size
 - logical_block_size, Userspace Access
 - LVM, Logical Volume Manager
 - READ CAPACITY(16), SCSI
 - SCSI standards, SCSI
 - stacking I/O parameters, Stacking I/O Parameters
 - storage access parameters, Parameters for Storage Access
 - sysfs interface (userspace access), sysfs Interface
 - tools (for partitioning and other file system functions), Partition and File System Tools
 - userspace access, Userspace Access
 
- I/O parameters stacking
 - I/O alignment and size, Stacking I/O Parameters
 
- iface (configuring for iSCSI offload)
 - offload and interface binding
 
- iface binding/unbinding
 - offload and interface binding
 
- iface configurations, viewing
 - offload and interface binding
 
- iface for software iSCSI
 - offload and interface binding
 
- iface settings
 - offload and interface binding
 
- importance of write barriers
 - write barriers, Importance of Write Barriers
 
- increasing file system size
 - indexing keys
 - FS-Cache, FS-Cache
 
- individual user
 - volume_key, Using volume_key as an Individual User
 
- initiator implementations
 - offload and interface binding
 
- installation storage configurations
 - channel command word (CCW), DASD and zFCP Devices on IBM System Z
 - DASD and zFCP devices on IBM System z, DASD and zFCP Devices on IBM System Z
 - DIF/DIX-enabled block devices, Block Devices with DIF/DIX Enabled
 - iSCSI detection and configuration, iSCSI Detection and Configuration
 - LUKS/dm-crypt, encrypting block devices using, Encrypting Block Devices Using LUKS
 - separate partitions (for /home, /opt, /usr/local), Separate Partitions for /home, /opt, /usr/local
 - stale BIOS RAID metadata, Stale BIOS RAID Metadata
 - updates, Storage Considerations During Installation
 - what's new, Storage Considerations During Installation
 
- installer support
 - interactive operation (xfsrestore)
 - XFS, Restoration
 
- interconnects (scanning)
 - iSCSI, Scanning iSCSI Interconnects
 
- introduction, Overview
 - iSCSI
 - discovery, iSCSI Discovery Configuration
 - configuration, iSCSI Discovery Configuration
 - record types, iSCSI Discovery Configuration
 
- offload and interface binding, Configuring iSCSI Offload and Interface Binding
 - binding/unbinding an iface to a portal, Binding/Unbinding an iface to a Portal
 - iface (configuring for iSCSI offload), Configuring an iface for iSCSI Offload
 - iface configurations, viewing, Viewing Available iface Configurations
 - iface for software iSCSI, Configuring an iface for Software iSCSI
 - iface settings, Viewing Available iface Configurations
 - initiator implementations, Viewing Available iface Configurations
 - software iSCSI, Configuring an iface for Software iSCSI
 - viewing available iface configurations, Viewing Available iface Configurations
 
- scanning interconnects, Scanning iSCSI Interconnects
 - software iSCSI, Configuring an iface for Software iSCSI
 - targets, Logging in to an iSCSI Target
 - logging in, Logging in to an iSCSI Target
 
- iSCSI API, iSCSI API
 - iSCSI detection and configuration
 - storage considerations during installation, iSCSI Detection and Configuration
 
- iSCSI logical unit, resizing, Resizing an iSCSI Logical Unit
 - iSCSI root
 - iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root
 
K
- known issues
 - adding/removing
 - LUN (logical unit number), Known Issues with rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 
L
- lazy mount/unmount support (autofs version 5)
 - levels
 - limit (xfs_quota expert mode)
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
- linear RAID
 - Linux I/O stack
 - I/O alignment and size, Storage I/O Alignment and Size
 
- logging in
 - iSCSI targets, Logging in to an iSCSI Target
 
- logical_block_size
 - I/O alignment and size, Userspace Access
 
- LUKS/dm-crypt, encrypting block devices using
 - storage considerations during installation, Encrypting Block Devices Using LUKS
 
- LUN (logical unit number)
 - adding/removing, Adding/Removing a Logical Unit Through rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 - known issues, Known Issues with rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 - required packages, Adding/Removing a Logical Unit Through rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 - rescan-scsi-bus.sh, Adding/Removing a Logical Unit Through rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 
- LVM
 - I/O alignment and size, Logical Volume Manager
 
M
- main features
 - ext4, The ext4 File System
 - XFS, The XFS File System
 
- maximum size
 - GFS2, Global File System 2
 
- maximum size, GFS2 file system, Global File System 2
 - mdadm (configuring RAID sets)
 - RAID, mdadm
 
- mdraid
 - RAID, mdraid
 
- mirroring
 - mkfs , Formatting and Labeling the Partition
 - mkfs.ext4
 - mkfs.xfs
 - mnt directory, The /mnt/ Directory
 - modifying link loss behavior, Modifying Link Loss Behavior
 - Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel
 
- mount (client configuration)
 - mount (command), Using the mount Command
 - listing mounts, Listing Currently Mounted File Systems
 - mounting a file system, Mounting a File System
 - moving a mount point, Moving a Mount Point
 - options, Specifying the Mount Options
 - shared subtrees, Sharing Mounts
 - private mount, Sharing Mounts
 - shared mount, Sharing Mounts
 - slave mount, Sharing Mounts
 - unbindable mount, Sharing Mounts
 
- mounting, Mounting a File System
 - moving a mount point, Moving a Mount Point
 - multiple master map entries per autofs mount point (autofs version 5)
 
N
- native Fibre Channel drivers, Native Fibre Channel Drivers and Capabilities
 - network booting service
 - diskless systems, Setting up a Remote Diskless System
 
- Network File System (see NFS)
 - NFS
 - /etc/fstab , Mounting NFS File Systems Using /etc/fstab
 - /local/directory (client configuration, mounting), Configuring NFS Client
 - /remote/export (client configuration, mounting), Configuring NFS Client
 - additional resources, NFS References
 - installed documentation, Installed Documentation
 - related books, Related Books
 - useful websites, Useful Websites
 
- autofs
 - augmenting, Overriding or Augmenting Site Configuration Files
 - configuration, Configuring autofs
 - LDAP, Using LDAP to Store Automounter Maps
 
- autofs version 5, Improvements in autofs Version 5 over Version 4
 - client
 - autofs , autofs
 - configuration, Configuring NFS Client
 - mount options, Common NFS Mount Options
 
- condrestart, Starting and Stopping the NFS Server
 - configuration with firewall, Running NFS Behind a Firewall
 - direct map support (autofs version 5), Improvements in autofs Version 5 over Version 4
 - enhanced LDAP support (autofs version 5), Improvements in autofs Version 5 over Version 4
 - FS-Cache, Using the Cache with NFS
 - hostname formats, Hostname Formats
 - how it works, Introduction to NFS
 - introducing, Network File System (NFS)
 - lazy mount/unmount support (autofs version 5), Improvements in autofs Version 5 over Version 4
 - mount (client configuration), Configuring NFS Client
 - multiple master map entries per autofs mount point (autofs version 5), Improvements in autofs Version 5 over Version 4
 - options (client configuration, mounting), Configuring NFS Client
 - overriding/augmenting site configuration files (autofs), Configuring autofs
 - proper nsswitch configuration (autofs version 5), use of, Improvements in autofs Version 5 over Version 4
 - RDMA, Enabling NFS over RDMA (NFSoRDMA)
 - reloading, Starting and Stopping the NFS Server
 - required services, Required Services
 - restarting, Starting and Stopping the NFS Server
 - rfc2307bis (autofs), Using LDAP to Store Automounter Maps
 - rpcbind , NFS and rpcbind
 - security, Securing NFS
 - file permissions, File Permissions
 - NFSv3 host access, NFS Security with AUTH_SYS and Export Controls
 - NFSv4 host access, NFS Security with AUTH_GSS
 
- server (client configuration, mounting), Configuring NFS Client
 - server configuration, Configuring the NFS Server
 - /etc/exports , The /etc/exports Configuration File
 - exportfs command, The exportfs Command
 - exportfs command with NFSv4, Using exportfs with NFSv4
 
- starting, Starting and Stopping the NFS Server
 - status, Starting and Stopping the NFS Server
 - stopping, Starting and Stopping the NFS Server
 - storing automounter maps, using LDAP to store (autofs), Overriding or Augmenting Site Configuration Files
 - TCP, Introduction to NFS
 - troubleshooting NFS and rpcbind, Troubleshooting NFS and rpcbind
 - UDP, Introduction to NFS
 - write barriers, NFS
 
- NFS (cache limitations with)
 - FS-Cache, Cache Limitations with NFS
 
- NFS (using with)
 - FS-Cache, Using the Cache with NFS
 
- nobarrier mount option
 - ext4, Mounting an ext4 File System
 - XFS, Write Barriers
 
- NOP-Out requests
 - modifying link loss
 - iSCSI configuration, NOP-Out Interval/Timeout
 
- NOP-Outs (disabling)
 - iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root
 
O
- offline status
 - Linux SCSI layer, Controlling the SCSI Command Timer and Device Status
 
- offload and interface binding
 - Online logical units
 - Changing the read/write state, Changing the Read/Write State of an Online Logical Unit
 
- online storage
 - Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel
 - overview, Online Storage Management
 - sysfs, Online Storage Management
 
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting Online Storage Configuration
 
- opt directory, The /opt/ Directory
 - options (client configuration, mounting)
 - other file system utilities
 - overriding/augmenting site configuration files (autofs)
 - NFS, Configuring autofs
 
- overview, Overview
 - online storage, Online Storage Management
 
P
- Parallel NFS
 - pNFS, pNFS
 
- parameters for storage access
 - I/O alignment and size, Parameters for Storage Access
 
- parity
 - parted , Partitions
 - creating partitions, Creating a Partition
 - overview, Partitions
 - removing partitions, Removing a Partition
 - resizing partitions, Resizing a Partition with fdisk
 - selecting device, Viewing the Partition Table
 - table of commands, Partitions
 - viewing partition table, Viewing the Partition Table
 
- partition table
 - viewing, Viewing the Partition Table
 
- partitions
 - creating, Creating a Partition
 - formatting
 - removing, Removing a Partition
 - resizing, Resizing a Partition with fdisk
 - viewing list, Viewing the Partition Table
 
- path to storage devices, adding, Adding a Storage Device or Path
 - path to storage devices, removing, Removing a Path to a Storage Device
 - performance guarantee
 - FS-Cache, Performance Guarantee
 
- persistent naming, Persistent Naming
 - pNFS
 - Parallel NFS, pNFS
 
- port states (remote), determining
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- pquota/pqnoenforce
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
- private mount, Sharing Mounts
 - proc directory, The /proc/ Directory
 - project limits (setting)
 - proper nsswitch configuration (autofs version 5), use of
 
Q
- queue_if_no_path
 - iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Settings with dm-multipath
 - modifying link loss
 - iSCSI configuration, replacement_timeout
 
- quota (other ext4 file system utilities)
 - quota management
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
- quotacheck , Creating the Quota Database Files
 - quotacheck command
 - checking quota accuracy with, Keeping Quotas Accurate
 
- quotaoff , Enabling and Disabling
 - quotaon , Enabling and Disabling
 
R
- RAID
 - advanced RAID device creation, Creating Advanced RAID Devices
 - Anaconda support, RAID Support in the Anaconda Installer
 - configuring RAID sets, Configuring RAID Sets
 - dmraid, dmraid
 - dmraid (configuring RAID sets), dmraid
 - Hardware RAID, RAID Types
 - hardware RAID controller drivers, Linux Hardware RAID Controller Drivers
 - installer support, RAID Support in the Anaconda Installer
 - level 0, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - level 1, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - level 4, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - level 5, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - levels, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - linear RAID, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - mdadm (configuring RAID sets), mdadm
 - mdraid, mdraid
 - mirroring, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - parity, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - reasons to use, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
 - Software RAID, RAID Types
 - striping, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - subsystems of RAID, Linux RAID Subsystems
 
- RDMA
 - READ CAPACITY(16)
 - I/O alignment and size, SCSI
 
- record types
 - discovery
 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux-specific file locations
 - /etc/sysconfig/, Special Red Hat Enterprise Linux File Locations
 - (see also sysconfig directory)
 
- /var/cache/yum, Special Red Hat Enterprise Linux File Locations
 - /var/lib/rpm/, Special Red Hat Enterprise Linux File Locations
 
- remote diskless systems
 - diskless systems, Setting up a Remote Diskless System
 
- remote port
 - Fibre Channel API, Fibre Channel API
 
- remote port states, determining
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- removing devices, Removing a Storage Device
 - removing paths to a storage device, Removing a Path to a Storage Device
 - repairing file system
 - repairing XFS file systems with dirty logs
 - replacement_timeout
 - modifying link loss
 - iSCSI configuration, SCSI Error Handler, replacement_timeout
 
- replacement_timeoutM
 - iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root
 
- report (xfs_quota expert mode)
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
- required packages
 - adding/removing
 - LUN (logical unit number), Adding/Removing a Logical Unit Through rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 
- diskless systems, Setting up a Remote Diskless System
 - FCoE, Configuring a Fibre Channel over Ethernet Interface
 
- rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 - adding/removing
 - LUN (logical unit number), Adding/Removing a Logical Unit Through rescan-scsi-bus.sh
 
- resize2fs, Reverting to an Ext2 File System
 - resize2fs (resizing ext4)
 - resized logical units, resizing, Resizing an Online Logical Unit
 - resizing
 - resizing an iSCSI logical unit, Resizing an iSCSI Logical Unit
 - resizing resized logical units, Resizing an Online Logical Unit
 - restoring a backup
 - XFS, Restoration
 
- rfc2307bis (autofs)
 - rpcbind , NFS and rpcbind
 - (see also NFS)
 - NFS, Troubleshooting NFS and rpcbind
 - rpcinfo , Troubleshooting NFS and rpcbind
 - status, Starting and Stopping the NFS Server
 
- rpcinfo , Troubleshooting NFS and rpcbind
 - running sessions, retrieving information about
 - iSCSI API, iSCSI API
 
- running status
 - Linux SCSI layer, Controlling the SCSI Command Timer and Device Status
 
S
- scanning interconnects
 - iSCSI, Scanning iSCSI Interconnects
 
- scanning storage interconnects, Scanning Storage Interconnects
 - SCSI command timer
 - Linux SCSI layer, Command Timer
 
- SCSI Error Handler
 - modifying link loss
 - iSCSI configuration, SCSI Error Handler
 
- SCSI standards
 - I/O alignment and size, SCSI
 
- separate partitions (for /home, /opt, /usr/local)
 - storage considerations during installation, Separate Partitions for /home, /opt, /usr/local
 
- server (client configuration, mounting)
 - setting up a cache
 - FS-Cache, Setting up a Cache
 
- shared mount, Sharing Mounts
 - shared subtrees, Sharing Mounts
 - private mount, Sharing Mounts
 - shared mount, Sharing Mounts
 - slave mount, Sharing Mounts
 - unbindable mount, Sharing Mounts
 
- simple mode (xfsrestore)
 - XFS, Restoration
 
- slave mount, Sharing Mounts
 - SMB (see SMB)
 - software iSCSI
 - iSCSI, Configuring an iface for Software iSCSI
 - offload and interface binding
 
- Software RAID (see RAID)
 - solid-state disks
 - deployment, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 - deployment guidelines, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 - SSD, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 - throughput classes, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 - TRIM command, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 
- specific session timeouts, configuring
 - iSCSI configuration, Configuring Timeouts for a Specific Session
 
- srv directory, The /srv/ Directory
 - SSD
 - solid-state disks, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 
- SSM
 - System Storage Manager, System Storage Manager (SSM)
 - Back Ends, SSM Back Ends
 - Installation, Installing SSM
 - list command, Displaying Information about All Detected Devices
 - resize command, Increasing a Volume's Size
 - snapshot command, Snapshot
 
- stacking I/O parameters
 - I/O alignment and size, Stacking I/O Parameters
 
- stale BIOS RAID metadata
 - storage considerations during installation, Stale BIOS RAID Metadata
 
- statistical information (tracking)
 - FS-Cache, Statistical Information
 
- storage access parameters
 - I/O alignment and size, Parameters for Storage Access
 
- storage considerations during installation
 - channel command word (CCW), DASD and zFCP Devices on IBM System Z
 - DASD and zFCP devices on IBM System z, DASD and zFCP Devices on IBM System Z
 - DIF/DIX-enabled block devices, Block Devices with DIF/DIX Enabled
 - iSCSI detection and configuration, iSCSI Detection and Configuration
 - LUKS/dm-crypt, encrypting block devices using, Encrypting Block Devices Using LUKS
 - separate partitions (for /home, /opt, /usr/local), Separate Partitions for /home, /opt, /usr/local
 - stale BIOS RAID metadata, Stale BIOS RAID Metadata
 - updates, Storage Considerations During Installation
 - what's new, Storage Considerations During Installation
 
- Storage for Virtual Machines, Storage for Virtual Machines
 - storage interconnects, scanning, Scanning Storage Interconnects
 - storing automounter maps, using LDAP to store (autofs)
 - stride (specifying stripe geometry)
 - stripe geometry
 - stripe-width (specifying stripe geometry)
 - striping
 - RAID, RAID Levels and Linear Support
 - RAID fundamentals, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
 
- su (mkfs.xfs sub-options)
 - subsystems of RAID
 - RAID, Linux RAID Subsystems
 
- suspending
 - sw (mkfs.xfs sub-options)
 - swap space, Swap Space
 - creating, Adding Swap Space
 - expanding, Adding Swap Space
 - file
 - creating, Creating a Swap File, Removing a Swap File
 
- LVM2
 - creating, Creating an LVM2 Logical Volume for Swap
 - extending, Extending Swap on an LVM2 Logical Volume
 - reducing, Reducing Swap on an LVM2 Logical Volume
 - removing, Removing an LVM2 Logical Volume for Swap
 
- moving, Moving Swap Space
 - recommended size, Swap Space
 - removing, Removing Swap Space
 
- sys directory, The /sys/ Directory
 - sysconfig directory, Special Red Hat Enterprise Linux File Locations
 - sysfs
 - overview
 - online storage, Online Storage Management
 
- sysfs interface (userspace access)
 - I/O alignment and size, sysfs Interface
 
- system information
 - file systems, Gathering File System Information
 - /dev/shm, df Command
 
- System Storage Manager
 - SSM, System Storage Manager (SSM)
 - Back Ends, SSM Back Ends
 - Installation, Installing SSM
 - list command, Displaying Information about All Detected Devices
 - resize command, Increasing a Volume's Size
 - snapshot command, Snapshot
 
T
- targets
 - tftp service, configuring
 - diskless systems, Configuring a tftp Service for Diskless Clients
 
- throughput classes
 - solid-state disks, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 
- timeouts for a specific session, configuring
 - iSCSI configuration, Configuring Timeouts for a Specific Session
 
- tools (for partitioning and other file system functions)
 - I/O alignment and size, Partition and File System Tools
 
- tracking statistical information
 - FS-Cache, Statistical Information
 
- transport
 - Fibre Channel API, Fibre Channel API
 
- TRIM command
 - solid-state disks, Solid-State Disk Deployment Guidelines
 
- troubleshooting
 - online storage, Troubleshooting Online Storage Configuration
 
- troubleshooting NFS and rpcbind
 - tune2fs
 - converting to ext3 with, Converting to an ext3 File System
 - reverting to ext2 with, Reverting to an Ext2 File System
 
- tune2fs (mounting)
 - tune2fs (setting up a cache)
 - FS-Cache, Setting up a Cache
 
U
- udev rule (timeout)
 - command timer (SCSI), Command Timer
 
- umount, Unmounting a File System
 - unbindable mount, Sharing Mounts
 - unmounting, Unmounting a File System
 - updates
 - storage considerations during installation, Storage Considerations During Installation
 
- uquota/uqnoenforce
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
- userspace access
 - I/O alignment and size, Userspace Access
 
- userspace API files
 - Fibre Channel API, Fibre Channel API
 
- usr directory, The /usr/ Directory
 
V
- var directory, The /var/ Directory
 - var/lib/rpm/ directory, Special Red Hat Enterprise Linux File Locations
 - var/spool/up2date/ directory, Special Red Hat Enterprise Linux File Locations
 - verifying if a device is blocked
 - Fibre Channel
 - modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
 
- version
 - what is new
 
- viewing available iface configurations
 - offload and interface binding
 
- virtual file system (/proc)
 - /proc/devices, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/filesystems, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/mdstat, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/mounts, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/mounts/, The /proc Virtual File System
 - /proc/partitions, The /proc Virtual File System
 
- volume_key
 - commands, volume_key Commands
 - individual user, Using volume_key as an Individual User
 
W
- what's new
 - storage considerations during installation, Storage Considerations During Installation
 
- World Wide Identifier (WWID)
 - persistent naming, World Wide Identifier (WWID)
 
- write barriers
 - battery-backed write caches, Battery-Backed Write Caches
 - definition, Write Barriers
 - disabling write caches, Disabling Write Caches
 - enablind/disabling, Enabling and Disabling Write Barriers
 - error messages, Enabling and Disabling Write Barriers
 - ext4, Mounting an ext4 File System
 - high-end arrays, High-End Arrays
 - how write barriers work, How Write Barriers Work
 - importance of write barriers, Importance of Write Barriers
 - NFS, NFS
 - XFS, Write Barriers
 
- write caches, disabling
 - write barriers, Disabling Write Caches
 
- WWID
 - persistent naming, World Wide Identifier (WWID)
 
X
- XFS
 - allocation features, The XFS File System
 - backup/restoration, Backing Up and Restoring XFS File Systems
 - creating, Creating an XFS File System
 - cumulative mode (xfsrestore), Restoration
 - dump levels, Backup
 - expert mode (xfs_quota), XFS Quota Management
 - file system types, The XFS File System
 - fsync(), The XFS File System
 - gquota/gqnoenforce, XFS Quota Management
 - increasing file system size, Increasing the Size of an XFS File System
 - interactive operation (xfsrestore), Restoration
 - limit (xfs_quota expert mode), XFS Quota Management
 - main features, The XFS File System
 - mkfs.xfs, Creating an XFS File System
 - mounting, Mounting an XFS File System
 - nobarrier mount option, Write Barriers
 - pquota/pqnoenforce, XFS Quota Management
 - project limits (setting), Setting Project Limits
 - quota management, XFS Quota Management
 - repairing file system, Repairing an XFS File System
 - repairing XFS file systems with dirty logs, Repairing an XFS File System
 - report (xfs_quota expert mode), XFS Quota Management
 - simple mode (xfsrestore), Restoration
 - su (mkfs.xfs sub-options), Creating an XFS File System
 - suspending, Suspending an XFS File System
 - sw (mkfs.xfs sub-options), Creating an XFS File System
 - uquota/uqnoenforce, XFS Quota Management
 - write barriers, Write Barriers
 - xfsdump, Backup
 - xfsprogs, Suspending an XFS File System
 - xfsrestore, Restoration
 - xfs_admin, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_bmap, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_copy, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_db, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_freeze, Suspending an XFS File System
 - xfs_fsr, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_growfs, Increasing the Size of an XFS File System
 - xfs_info, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_mdrestore, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_metadump, Other XFS File System Utilities
 - xfs_quota, XFS Quota Management
 - xfs_repair, Repairing an XFS File System
 
- xfsdump
 - XFS, Backup
 
- xfsprogs
 - xfsrestore
 - XFS, Restoration
 
- xfs_admin
 - xfs_bmap
 - xfs_copy
 - xfs_db
 - xfs_freeze
 - xfs_fsr
 - xfs_growfs
 - xfs_info
 - xfs_mdrestore
 - xfs_metadump
 - xfs_quota
 - XFS, XFS Quota Management
 
- xfs_repair