RAID Processes

A process generates requests for the RAID Array. Each request is for a stripe of random access type (r/w), length, and location. After sending the message, the process is assumed to be suspended until all of the request messages (including parity requests) are received. After all messages have been received then the process generates a new request after some random delay.

The process requires the following information to be passed into its constructor:

• A unique identifier.
• A name string.
• The id of a fork to process its requests.
• The number of disks in the simulation.
• The type of disks in the RAID array.
• The number of requests it should generate.

The process also has a function "setDistribution" which sets the distribution for the time delay between the completion of a request and the next request.