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Device that manages disk drives
A disk array controller is a device that manages the physical disk drives and presents them to the computer as logical units. It often implements hardware RAID, thus it is sometimes referred to as RAID controller. It also often provides additional disk cache. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Disk array controllerA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Unix System Administration HandbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: VD-IT2, Virtual Disk Cloning on Disk Arrays Using a Type-2 Fuzzy ControllerCited 13 times
- Go sideways: BioctlA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Host adapterA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
Eloquent JavascriptMarijn Haverbeke · 2009
An introduction to computer scienceJean-Paul Tremblay, Richard B. Bunt · 1979
The UNIX operating systemChristian, Kaare, Kaare Christian · 1983
An introduction to data structures with applicationsJean-Paul Tremblay, Paul Gordon Sorenson · 1976
Intelligent Technologies and Engineering SystemsJengnan Juang · 2013
Teach Yourself REXX in 21 daysWilliam F. Schindler, Esther Schindler · 1994- 📕RAID-II · 1992
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