User Guide
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... to SAN, the generic term "storage space" is appropriate for Internal RAID Storage User's Guide-Describes how to use the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see page 62) to perform basic array and configuration management functions; For more information about your Adaptec RAID controller to manage data storage in a variety of configurations from the main...
... to SAN, the generic term "storage space" is appropriate for Internal RAID Storage User's Guide-Describes how to use the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see page 62) to perform basic array and configuration management functions; For more information about your Adaptec RAID controller to manage data storage in a variety of configurations from the main...
User Guide
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... ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ), which lets disk drives arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance ● (SATA and SCSI RAID controllers only) Support for disk drive enclosures with...
... ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ), which lets disk drives arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance ● (SATA and SCSI RAID controllers only) Support for disk drive enclosures with...
User Guide
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..., see the following section. Using a Feature Key to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage on page 104. RAID Controller Adaptec 3085/Adaptec 3405/ Adaptec 3805/Adaptec 31205/ Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to...
..., see the following section. Using a Feature Key to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage on page 104. RAID Controller Adaptec 3085/Adaptec 3405/ Adaptec 3805/Adaptec 31205/ Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to...
User Guide
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... drives configured as two or more disk drives can be included (see page 77). ● RAID 5 Array-Stripes data for improved performance and uses parity data to provide redundancy (see page 79). ● RAID 5EE Array-Similar to your Adaptec RAID controller, including the minimum and maximum number of four disk drives (see page 80). ●...
... drives configured as two or more disk drives can be included (see page 77). ● RAID 5 Array-Stripes data for improved performance and uses parity data to provide redundancy (see page 79). ● RAID 5EE Array-Similar to your Adaptec RAID controller, including the minimum and maximum number of four disk drives (see page 80). ●...
User Guide
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... Internal RAID Storage or online Help. You need one included in the array, but at performance levels less than Ultra2. For more information, refer to SE levels. If you are connecting to the capacity of the Ultra320 disk drives is reduced to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for SATA Controllers Your SATA controller supports...
... Internal RAID Storage or online Help. You need one included in the array, but at performance levels less than Ultra2. For more information, refer to SE levels. If you are connecting to the capacity of the Ultra320 disk drives is reduced to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for SATA Controllers Your SATA controller supports...
User Guide
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...Caution: Touch a grounded metal object before handling the RAID controller. 3 As shown at right. (PCI bus compatibility is marked to the controller figures in About Your RAID Controller on page 15.) For the best performance, use for instance, a screw or lever) supplied... installing a low-profile RAID controller into place. Note: Adaptec 4000 only-Controller installation is attached to install your Adaptec RAID controller into your computer cabinet. 1 Turn off your controller and disk drives (see page 32). ● Ensure that 's compatible with your RAID controller and remove the slot ...
...Caution: Touch a grounded metal object before handling the RAID controller. 3 As shown at right. (PCI bus compatibility is marked to the controller figures in About Your RAID Controller on page 15.) For the best performance, use for instance, a screw or lever) supplied... installing a low-profile RAID controller into place. Note: Adaptec 4000 only-Controller installation is attached to install your Adaptec RAID controller into your computer cabinet. 1 Turn off your controller and disk drives (see page 32). ● Ensure that 's compatible with your RAID controller and remove the slot ...
User Guide
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...performance with the ACU The ACU is installed. To create a RAID 5 array: 1 Power on -screen. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 44 Setting the Boot Controller Note: If your system won't contain more than one bootable controller, skip to the next section, Creating an Array. Adaptec...and SATA disk drives. Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. Please wait... "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. You can also change array level later, after , system initialization. Note: Adaptec recommends that you can create an...
...performance with the ACU The ACU is installed. To create a RAID 5 array: 1 Power on -screen. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 44 Setting the Boot Controller Note: If your system won't contain more than one bootable controller, skip to the next section, Creating an Array. Adaptec...and SATA disk drives. Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. Please wait... "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. You can also change array level later, after , system initialization. Note: Adaptec recommends that you can create an...
User Guide
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Property Line Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Read Caching Write Caching Create RAID via [Done] Entry or Selection Select RAID 5, then press Enter. Press Enter to use the default (Enable always). Press Enter to use the default (Build/Verify). You ...the ACU screen appears. 7 Select Create Array, then press Enter. 8 Select the disk drives that the array can start using the array immediately. However, performance is reduced until the Exit utility window appears. 13 Select Yes, then press Enter. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 45 4 Select Initialize ...
Property Line Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Read Caching Write Caching Create RAID via [Done] Entry or Selection Select RAID 5, then press Enter. Press Enter to use the default (Enable always). Press Enter to use the default (Build/Verify). You ...the ACU screen appears. 7 Select Create Array, then press Enter. 8 Select the disk drives that the array can start using the array immediately. However, performance is reduced until the Exit utility window appears. 13 Select Yes, then press Enter. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 45 4 Select Initialize ...
User Guide
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... to begin the OpenServer installation. 4 When prompted to your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. To modify disk partitions, apply hot fixes, or perform volume maintenance, refer to load more HBA drivers, insert the driver disk, then select Yes. (To load more HBA drivers, repeat this task. Chapter 7: Installing...
... to begin the OpenServer installation. 4 When prompted to your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. To modify disk partitions, apply hot fixes, or perform volume maintenance, refer to load more HBA drivers, insert the driver disk, then select Yes. (To load more HBA drivers, repeat this task. Chapter 7: Installing...
User Guide
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... information. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is also installed automatically. The agent is like a service that helps you can use to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage on a computer, the Adaptec Storage Manager agent is.... To create and manage arrays, use theARC utility. With Adaptec Storage Manager, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in your data and improve system performance. Currently, ARCCONF is included on that won't be connected ...
... information. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is also installed automatically. The agent is like a service that helps you can use to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage on a computer, the Adaptec Storage Manager agent is.... To create and manage arrays, use theARC utility. With Adaptec Storage Manager, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in your data and improve system performance. Currently, ARCCONF is included on that won't be connected ...
User Guide
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...SAS and SATA devices. (You can move in both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain (see page 73), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with the use both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link..., this chapter as SAS devices. The difference in this chapter refers to generically in performance between the two types of disk drives may adversely affect the performance of this chapter. HBAs, RAID controllers, disk drives, and external disk drive enclosures are referred to as end devices and expanders...
...SAS and SATA devices. (You can move in both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain (see page 73), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with the use both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link..., this chapter as SAS devices. The difference in this chapter refers to generically in performance between the two types of disk drives may adversely affect the performance of this chapter. HBAs, RAID controllers, disk drives, and external disk drive enclosures are referred to as end devices and expanders...
User Guide
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With expander devices, you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to 16,384 SAS addresses including the fanout expander). There are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS cards and SAS and ... domain can connect together. SAS Expander Connections A SAS expander device literally expands the number of SAS-and possibly SATA-end devices and expander devices). Each performs a different role in a storage system. (For more information about how SAS expanders work, refer to the STA Web site at www.scsita.org.) You can...
With expander devices, you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to 16,384 SAS addresses including the fanout expander). There are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS cards and SAS and ... domain can connect together. SAS Expander Connections A SAS expander device literally expands the number of SAS-and possibly SATA-end devices and expander devices). Each performs a different role in a storage system. (For more information about how SAS expanders work, refer to the STA Web site at www.scsita.org.) You can...
User Guide
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... for your data. RAID levels also vary by your Adaptec RAID controller, and provides a basic overview of disk drives they support. Understanding RAID B In this appendix... Understanding Drive Segments 76 Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0 76 RAID 1 Arrays ...77 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays...77 RAID 10 Arrays ...78 RAID 5 Arrays ...79 RAID 5EE Arrays...80 RAID 50 Arrays ...81 RAID 6 Arrays ...82 RAID 60 Arrays ...82...
... for your data. RAID levels also vary by your Adaptec RAID controller, and provides a basic overview of disk drives they support. Understanding RAID B In this appendix... Understanding Drive Segments 76 Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0 76 RAID 1 Arrays ...77 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays...77 RAID 10 Arrays ...78 RAID 5 Arrays ...79 RAID 5EE Arrays...80 RAID 50 Arrays ...81 RAID 6 Arrays ...82 RAID 60 Arrays ...82...
User Guide
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... available segment. If a disk drive is not part of any logical device, the entire disk is used to create an array. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 76 Understanding Drive Segments A drive segment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive that are part of an array) and ...of 1000 GB for the volume, as shown in equal-sized sections. Compared to the size of independent disks, a RAID 0 array provides improved I/O performance. For instance, an array with RAID 0 includes two or more disk drives and provides data striping, where data is limited to an equal-sized group of ...
... available segment. If a disk drive is not part of any logical device, the entire disk is used to create an array. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 76 Understanding Drive Segments A drive segment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive that are part of an array) and ...of 1000 GB for the volume, as shown in equal-sized sections. Compared to the size of independent disks, a RAID 0 array provides improved I/O performance. For instance, an array with RAID 0 includes two or more disk drives and provides data striping, where data is limited to an equal-sized group of ...
User Guide
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...1 - 250 Disk Drive 2 1 - 250 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 1 Logical Drive = 250 GB RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays A RAID 1 Enhanced (RAID 1E) array-also known as shown in Logical Drive Disk Drive 1 1 3 4 6 Disk Drive 2 2 1 5 4 Disk Drive 3 3 2 6 5 RAID 1E Logical Drive = 600 GB However, capacity is only 50 percent of ... one disk drive is a mirror of the smaller disk drive, as a striped mirror-is similar to independent disk drives, RAID 1 arrays provide improved performance, with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of independent disk drives. Disk Drive 1 400 GB Disk Drive ...
...1 - 250 Disk Drive 2 1 - 250 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 1 Logical Drive = 250 GB RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays A RAID 1 Enhanced (RAID 1E) array-also known as shown in Logical Drive Disk Drive 1 1 3 4 6 Disk Drive 2 2 1 5 4 Disk Drive 3 3 2 6 5 RAID 1E Logical Drive = 600 GB However, capacity is only 50 percent of ... one disk drive is a mirror of the smaller disk drive, as a striped mirror-is similar to independent disk drives, RAID 1 arrays provide improved performance, with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of independent disk drives. Disk Drive 1 400 GB Disk Drive ...
User Guide
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... drive segments of 250 GB, for a total of the smallest disk drive in a RAID 10 array is built from two or more equal-sized RAID 1 arrays. Mirroring provides data protection, and striping improves performance. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 78 RAID 10 Arrays A RAID 10 array is both striped and mirrored. Drive segment size is limited to...
... drive segments of 250 GB, for a total of the smallest disk drive in a RAID 10 array is built from two or more equal-sized RAID 1 arrays. Mirroring provides data protection, and striping improves performance. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 78 RAID 10 Arrays A RAID 10 array is both striped and mirrored. Drive segment size is limited to...
User Guide
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...uses data striping and parity data to provide redundancy. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 79 RAID 5 Arrays A RAID 5 array is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the array. Parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance. P Disk Drive 2 2 5 ... 748 Disk Drive 3 ...3 P ... 749 Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 6 ... 750 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 5 Logical Drive = 750 GB plus Parity Parity data is ...
...uses data striping and parity data to provide redundancy. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 79 RAID 5 Arrays A RAID 5 array is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the array. Parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance. P Disk Drive 2 2 5 ... 748 Disk Drive 3 ...3 P ... 749 Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 6 ... 750 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 5 Logical Drive = 750 GB plus Parity Parity data is ...
User Guide
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... 500 GB of stored data and 250 GB of the smallest disk drive in both RAID 5 arrays. (For more information, see RAID 5 Arrays on page 79.) Note: Because they support four disk drives only, the Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller can therefore contain 1000 GB (2 x 500 GB) of stored data and 500 GB...configured as two or more RAID 5 arrays, and stripes stored data and parity data across all disk drives in the array. Drive segment size is built from six to the size of parity data. The parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance. RAID 50 arrays also provide high...
... 500 GB of stored data and 250 GB of the smallest disk drive in both RAID 5 arrays. (For more information, see RAID 5 Arrays on page 79.) Note: Because they support four disk drives only, the Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller can therefore contain 1000 GB (2 x 500 GB) of stored data and 500 GB...configured as two or more RAID 5 arrays, and stripes stored data and parity data across all disk drives in the array. Drive segment size is built from six to the size of parity data. The parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance. RAID 50 arrays also provide high...
User Guide
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...Unused Space = 150 GB Based on the number of disk drives in the array. RAID 6 arrays provide extra protection for your data because they support four disk drives only, the Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller can recover from two simultaneous disk drive failures. Disk Drive 1 250 GB Drive Segment ...at least four disk drives. Note: Because they can 't support RAID 60 arrays. However, the extra parity calculation slows performance (compared to provide redundancy. P2 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 ... 449 Disk Drive 3 P1 3 ... RAID 6 arrays must be built from eight disk drives configured as ...
...Unused Space = 150 GB Based on the number of disk drives in the array. RAID 6 arrays provide extra protection for your data because they support four disk drives only, the Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller can recover from two simultaneous disk drive failures. Disk Drive 1 250 GB Drive Segment ...at least four disk drives. Note: Because they can 't support RAID 60 arrays. However, the extra parity calculation slows performance (compared to provide redundancy. P2 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 ... 449 Disk Drive 3 P1 3 ... RAID 6 arrays must be built from eight disk drives configured as ...
User Guide
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... for performance and reliability. RAID Level RAID 0 Redundancy No Disk Drive Usage 100% Read Performance Write Performance Built-in the logical drive. Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend ...RAID 5EE Yes 50 - 88% Yes 4 RAID 501 Yes 67 - 94% No 6 RAID 6 Yes 50 - 88% No 4 RAID 601 Yes 50 - 88% No 8 1 Because they support four disk drives only, the Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller can't support RAID 50 or RAID...
... for performance and reliability. RAID Level RAID 0 Redundancy No Disk Drive Usage 100% Read Performance Write Performance Built-in the logical drive. Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend ...RAID 5EE Yes 50 - 88% Yes 4 RAID 501 Yes 67 - 94% No 6 RAID 6 Yes 50 - 88% No 4 RAID 601 Yes 50 - 88% No 8 1 Because they support four disk drives only, the Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller can't support RAID 50 or RAID...