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...Adaptec RAID controller, including the minimum and maximum number of disk drives required by each disk drive). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 31 Choosing a RAID Level This section provides a brief overview of the RAID levels supported by your Adaptec controller's physical features and the RAID levels that it supports (see Standard RAID Controller...; RAID 5EE Array-Similar to a RAID 5 array, but no redundancy (see page 75). ● RAID 1 Array-Created from multiple disk drives configured as two or more equal-sized RAID 1 arrays, stripes and mirrors data across multiple disk drives. ...
...Adaptec RAID controller, including the minimum and maximum number of disk drives required by each disk drive). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 31 Choosing a RAID Level This section provides a brief overview of the RAID levels supported by your Adaptec controller's physical features and the RAID levels that it supports (see Standard RAID Controller...; RAID 5EE Array-Similar to a RAID 5 array, but no redundancy (see page 75). ● RAID 1 Array-Created from multiple disk drives configured as two or more equal-sized RAID 1 arrays, stripes and mirrors data across multiple disk drives. ...
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... least four disk drives. Maximum stripe size depends on the drive segment sizes used: RAID 6 Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity (P1 & P2) RAID 60 Arrays Similar to provide redundancy. Two sets of one. P2 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 ... 449 Disk Drive 3 P1 3 ... Disk Drive 1 250 GB Drive Segment Size (Smallest Disk Drive) Disk Drive 2 250 GB Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 4 400 GB Disk Drives in the...
... least four disk drives. Maximum stripe size depends on the drive segment sizes used: RAID 6 Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity (P1 & P2) RAID 60 Arrays Similar to provide redundancy. Two sets of one. P2 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 ... 449 Disk Drive 3 P1 3 ... Disk Drive 1 250 GB Drive Segment Size (Smallest Disk Drive) Disk Drive 2 250 GB Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 4 400 GB Disk Drives in the...
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...all the drives connected to the array. Default is Maximum. Default is Build. See page 100. Default is identified by its channel number, ID (target), and LUN, separated by the Drives keyword....complete before continuing. Array definition keywords and descriptions are Drives and Type. No default. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. See page 99. Yes Indicates the method (Build...array. No Indicates whether read caching is initialized, which destroys any drives specified by colons; No Specifies size of array to use in bytes. See page 101. Description ...
...all the drives connected to the array. Default is Maximum. Default is Build. See page 100. Default is identified by its channel number, ID (target), and LUN, separated by the Drives keyword....complete before continuing. Array definition keywords and descriptions are Drives and Type. No default. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. See page 99. Yes Indicates the method (Build...array. No Indicates whether read caching is initialized, which destroys any drives specified by colons; No Specifies size of array to use in bytes. See page 101. Description ...
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..., the ACU exits with a numeric size value. Possible values: ● Yes (default)-Enable read caching. ● No-Disable read caching. Specify Maximum (the default) to be able to the disk drive (called full-stripe write mode), which method to use when creating a redundant (RAID 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, ...50, 6 and 60) array. Otherwise, specify the size as data is written to recover the ...
..., the ACU exits with a numeric size value. Possible values: ● Yes (default)-Enable read caching. ● No-Disable read caching. Specify Maximum (the default) to be able to the disk drive (called full-stripe write mode), which method to use when creating a redundant (RAID 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, ...50, 6 and 60) array. Otherwise, specify the size as data is written to recover the ...
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...information from the specified controller. 6 No drives detected. 7 Specified drive not found in system. 8 Specified array size too small-You specified an array size that is smaller than the minimum size allowed for this array. 9 Specified array size too big-You specified an array size that is the RAID.ACU script as referred...is invalid for the type of the operation in the log file C:\RAID.LOG: A:\> ACU /P A:\RAID.ACU /L C:\RAID.LOG /C1 This sample script file is larger than the maximum number of hot spares allowed for this array. 10 Number of drives do not match the array type-The number of...
...information from the specified controller. 6 No drives detected. 7 Specified drive not found in system. 8 Specified array size too small-You specified an array size that is smaller than the minimum size allowed for this array. 9 Specified array size too big-You specified an array size that is the RAID.ACU script as referred...is invalid for the type of the operation in the log file C:\RAID.LOG: A:\> ACU /P A:\RAID.ACU /L C:\RAID.LOG /C1 This sample script file is larger than the maximum number of hot spares allowed for this array. 10 Number of drives do not match the array type-The number of...
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Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 103 # Use drives 1 and 2 Drives=0:1:0,0:2:0 # Disable write cache WriteCache=No # Assign 1 spare drive HotspareDrives=0:3:0 End This sample script file creates a maximum-size three-disk-drive RAID 5: # Create a maximum size RAID 5 labeled 'MyData' Array=MyData Type=RAID5 Size=Maximum # Use the maximum stripe size StripeSize=1024 # Clear the array (don't build/verify it) Method=Clear # Don't wait for clear to complete Wait=No # Use drives 0, 1, 2 Drives=0:0:0, 0:1:0, 0:2:0 End
Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 103 # Use drives 1 and 2 Drives=0:1:0,0:2:0 # Disable write cache WriteCache=No # Assign 1 spare drive HotspareDrives=0:3:0 End This sample script file creates a maximum-size three-disk-drive RAID 5: # Create a maximum size RAID 5 labeled 'MyData' Array=MyData Type=RAID5 Size=Maximum # Use the maximum stripe size StripeSize=1024 # Clear the array (don't build/verify it) Method=Clear # Don't wait for clear to complete Wait=No # Use drives 0, 1, 2 Drives=0:0:0, 0:1:0, 0:2:0 End