Task |
Description |
For Instructions |
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Set up storage |
Create storage that spans slices by creating a RAID 0 or a RAID 5 volume. The RAID 0 or RAID 5 volume can then be used for a file system or any application, such as a database that accesses the raw device |
How to Create a RAID 0 (Stripe) Volume How to Create a RAID 0 (Concatenation) Volume How to Create a RAID 1 Volume From Unused Slices |
Expand an existing file system |
Increase the capacity of an existing file system by creating a RAID 0 (concatenation) volume, then adding additional slices. | |
Expand an existing RAID 0 (concatenation or stripe) volume |
Expand an existing RAID 0 volume by concatenating additional slices to it. | |
Expand a RAID 5 volume |
Expand the capacity of a RAID 5 volume by concatenating additional slices to it. | |
Increase the size of a UFS file system on a expanded volume |
Grow a file system by using the growfs command to expand the size of a UFS while it is mounted and without disrupting access to the data. | How to Grow a File System |
Subdivide slices or logical volumes into smaller partitions, breaking the 8 slice hard partition limit |
Subdivide logical volumes or slices by using soft partitions. | How to Create a Soft Partition |
Create a file system |
Create a file system on a RAID 0 (stripe or concatenation), RAID 1 (mirror), RAID 5, or transactional volume, or on a soft partition. |
“Creating File Systems (Tasks)” in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration |