Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—I/O Performance

Table 1–4 Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—I/O Performance

Task 

Description 

For Instructions 

Tune RAID 1 volume read and write policies 

Specify the read and write policies for a RAID 1 volume to improve performance for a given configuration. 

RAID 1 Volume Read and Write Policies

How to Change RAID 1 Volume Options

Optimize device performance 

Creating RAID 0 (stripe) volumes optimizes performance of devices that make up the stripe. The interlace value can be optimized for random or sequential access. 

Creating RAID 0 (Stripe) Volumes

Maintain device performance within a RAID 0 (stripe) 

Expands stripe or concatenation that has run out of space by concatenating a new component to it. A concatenation of stripes is better for performance than a concatenation of slices. 

Expanding Storage Space