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25.Dd January 15, 2012
26.Dt GRAID3 8
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm graid3
30.Nd "control utility for RAID3 devices"
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.Nm
33.Cm label
34.Op Fl Fhnrvw
35.Op Fl s Ar blocksize
36.Ar name
37.Ar prov prov prov ...
38.Nm
39.Cm clear
40.Op Fl v
41.Ar prov ...
42.Nm
43.Cm configure
44.Op Fl adfFhnrRvwW
45.Ar name
46.Nm
47.Cm rebuild
48.Op Fl v
49.Ar name
50.Ar prov
51.Nm
52.Cm insert
53.Op Fl hv
54.Op Fl n Ar number
55.Ar name
56.Ar prov
57.Nm
58.Cm remove
59.Op Fl v
60.Fl n Ar number
61.Ar name
62.Nm
63.Cm stop
64.Op Fl fv
65.Ar name ...
66.Nm
67.Cm list
68.Nm
69.Cm status
70.Nm
71.Cm load
72.Nm
73.Cm unload
74.Sh DESCRIPTION
75The
76.Nm
77utility is used for RAID3 array configuration.
78After a device is created, all components are detected and configured
79automatically.
80All operations such as failure detection, stale component detection, rebuild
81of stale components, etc.\& are also done automatically.
82The
83.Nm
84utility uses on-disk metadata (the provider's last sector) to store all needed
85information.
86.Pp
87The first argument to
88.Nm
89indicates an action to be performed:
90.Bl -tag -width ".Cm configure"
91.It Cm label
92Create a RAID3 device.
93The last given component will contain parity data, whilst the others
94will all contain regular data.
95The number of components must be equal to 3, 5, 9, 17, etc.\& (2^n + 1).
96.Pp
97Additional options include:
98.Bl -tag -width ".Fl h"
99.It Fl F
100Do not synchronize after a power failure or system crash.
101Assumes device is in consistent state.
102.It Fl h
103Hardcode providers' names in metadata.
104.It Fl n
105Turn off autosynchronization of stale components.
106.It Fl r
107Use parity component for reading in round-robin fashion.
108Without this option the parity component is not used at all for reading operations
109when the device is in a complete state.
110With this option specified random I/O read operations are even 40% faster,
111but sequential reads are slower.
112One cannot use this option if the
113.Fl w
114option is also specified.
115.It Fl s
116Manually specify array block size. Block size will be set equal to least
117common multiple of all component's sector sizes and specified value.
118Note that array sector size calculated as multiple of block size and number
119of regular data components. Big values may decrease performance and compatibility,
120as all I/O requests have to be multiple of sector size.
121.It Fl w
122Use verify reading feature.
123When reading from a device in a complete state, also read data from the parity component
124and verify the data by comparing XORed regular data with parity data.
125If verification fails, an
126.Er EIO
127error is returned and the value of the
128.Va kern.geom.raid3.stat.parity_mismatch
129sysctl is increased.
130One cannot use this option if the
131.Fl r
132option is also specified.
133.El
134.It Cm clear
135Clear metadata on the given providers.
136.It Cm configure
137Configure the given device.
138.Pp
139Additional options include:
140.Bl -tag -width ".Fl a"
141.It Fl a
142Turn on autosynchronization of stale components.
143.It Fl d
144Do not hardcode providers' names in metadata.
145.It Fl f
146Synchronize device after a power failure or system crash.
147.It Fl F
148Do not synchronize after a power failure or system crash.
149Assumes device is in consistent state.
150.It Fl h
151Hardcode providers' names in metadata.
152.It Fl n
153Turn off autosynchronization of stale components.
154.It Fl r
155Turn on round-robin reading.
156.It Fl R
157Turn off round-robin reading.
158.It Fl w
159Turn on verify reading.
160.It Fl W
161Turn off verify reading.
162.El
163.It Cm rebuild
164Rebuild the given component forcibly.
165If autosynchronization was not turned off for the given device, this command
166should be unnecessary.
167.It Cm insert
168Add the given component to the existing array, if one of the components was
169removed previously with the
170.Cm remove
171command or if one component is missing and will not be connected again.
172If no number is given, new component will be added instead of first missed
173component.
174.Pp
175Additional options include:
176.Bl -tag -width ".Fl h"
177.It Fl h
178Hardcode providers' names in metadata.
179.El
180.It Cm remove
181Remove the given component from the given array and clear metadata on it.
182.It Cm stop
183Stop the given arrays.
184.Pp
185Additional options include:
186.Bl -tag -width ".Fl f"
187.It Fl f
188Stop the given array even if it is opened.
189.El
190.It Cm list
191See
192.Xr geom 8 .
193.It Cm status
194See
195.Xr geom 8 .
196.It Cm load
197See
198.Xr geom 8 .
199.It Cm unload
200See
201.Xr geom 8 .
202.El
203.Pp
204Additional options include:
205.Bl -tag -width ".Fl v"
206.It Fl v
207Be more verbose.
208.El
209.Sh EXIT STATUS
210Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
211.Sh EXAMPLES
212Use 3 disks to setup a RAID3 array (with the round-robin reading feature).
213Create a file system, mount it, then unmount it and stop device:
214.Bd -literal -offset indent
215graid3 label -v -r data da0 da1 da2
216newfs /dev/raid3/data
217mount /dev/raid3/data /mnt
218\&...
219umount /mnt
220graid3 stop data
221graid3 unload
222.Ed
223.Pp
224Create a RAID3 array, but do not use the automatic synchronization feature.
225Rebuild parity component:
226.Bd -literal -offset indent
227graid3 label -n data da0 da1 da2
228graid3 rebuild data da2
229.Ed
230.Pp
231Replace one data disk with a brand new one:
232.Bd -literal -offset indent
233graid3 remove -n 0 data
234graid3 insert -n 0 data da5
235.Ed
236.Sh SEE ALSO
237.Xr geom 4 ,
238.Xr geom 8 ,
239.Xr gvinum 8 ,
240.Xr mount 8 ,
241.Xr newfs 8 ,
242.Xr umount 8
243.Sh HISTORY
244The
245.Nm
246utility appeared in
247.Fx 5.3 .
248.Sh AUTHORS
249.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org
250.Sh BUGS
251There should be a section with an implementation description.
252.Pp
253Documentation for sysctls
254.Va kern.geom.raid3.*
255is missing.
256