A power failure that occurs while a disk block is being written could result in the block

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A power failure that occurs while a disk block is being written could result in the block being only partially written. Assume that partially written blocks can be detected. An atomic block write is one where either the disk block is fully written or nothing is written (i.e., there are no partial writes). Suggest schemes for getting the effect of atomic block writes with the following RAID schemes. Your schemes should involve work on recovery from failure.

a. RAID level 1 (mirroring)

b. RAID level 5 (block interleaved, distributed parity)

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Database System Concepts

ISBN: 978-0072554816

4th Edition

Authors: Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

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