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Declustered RAID1 I/O Handling

For a write request, corresponding to each buffer in the stripe, two buffer heads are created. For a read request only one buffer head per buffer is needed. These buffers are grouped under a second level stage I/O and are issued to the underlying devices to which the logical buffer maps.



Dr K Gopinath
2000-04-25