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How to Find More Information You can use the Adaptec Storage Manager software; located on the RAID Controller Installation CD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to install and use the included Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see page 68) to perform basic array and configuration management functions; located on...
How to Find More Information You can use the Adaptec Storage Manager software; located on the RAID Controller Installation CD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to install and use the included Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see page 68) to perform basic array and configuration management functions; located on...
User Guide
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... Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility (ACU), a command line utility (ARCCONF), and a DOS utility (see Managing Your Storage Space... disk drive enclosures only) ● Optimized disk utilization, which lets disk drives arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance ● Support for disk drive enclosures with SES2 enclosure management hardware ● Support for a battery backup module (see page 19...
... Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility (ACU), a command line utility (ARCCONF), and a DOS utility (see Managing Your Storage Space... disk drive enclosures only) ● Optimized disk utilization, which lets disk drives arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance ● Support for disk drive enclosures with SES2 enclosure management hardware ● Support for a battery backup module (see page 19...
User Guide
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... include a minimum of four disk drives (see Standard RAID Controller Features on each . Improved performance but no redundancy (see page 89). ● RAID 60 Array-Similar to support the RAID level you begin, familiarize yourself with your Adaptec RAID controller, including the minimum and maximum number of disk drives required by your...
... include a minimum of four disk drives (see Standard RAID Controller Features on each . Improved performance but no redundancy (see page 89). ● RAID 60 Array-Similar to support the RAID level you begin, familiarize yourself with your Adaptec RAID controller, including the minimum and maximum number of disk drives required by your...
User Guide
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... SFF-8482)-Connects to an external SAS enclosure. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure that all the disk drives have the same performance level. When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use any of the smallest and slowest disk drive. For more information about... compatible disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. For more information about arrays, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. You can use different-sized disk drives in the array, but ...
... SFF-8482)-Connects to an external SAS enclosure. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure that all the disk drives have the same performance level. When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use any of the smallest and slowest disk drive. For more information about... compatible disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. For more information about arrays, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. You can use different-sized disk drives in the array, but ...
User Guide
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... this section because RAID 5 provides the most security and best performance with a minimum of three disk drives. Please wait... Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. Menus can choose to create an array with a different RAID level; "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Creating an Array This section explains...
... this section because RAID 5 provides the most security and best performance with a minimum of three disk drives. Please wait... Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. Menus can choose to create an array with a different RAID level; "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Creating an Array This section explains...
User Guide
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... initialized, press Insert for each selected disk drive, then press Enter. 9 When the Array Properties screen opens, follow the instructions in the following table. However, performance is reduced until the build process is deleted from the disk. Press Enter. 10 When a cache warning message displays, type Y. 11 Once the array is...
... initialized, press Insert for each selected disk drive, then press Enter. 9 When the Array Properties screen opens, follow the instructions in the following table. However, performance is reduced until the build process is deleted from the disk. Press Enter. 10 When a cache warning message displays, type Y. 11 Once the array is...
User Guide
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... operating system currently boots from the Adaptec controller, do not reset your computer. 3 Insert and mount the driver disk: volcheck 4 Change to the driver installer directory: cd /floppy/floppy0/DU/sol_210/i86pc/Tools If there is already installed on your computer, perform a pkgrm SUNWaac to remove it.... disk. 2 Begin the driver package installer: pkgadd -d diskette1 3 At the installer prompt, type go . 4 Select 1 for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in this section to install a new driver before rebooting your computer after you remove the pre-existing...
... operating system currently boots from the Adaptec controller, do not reset your computer. 3 Insert and mount the driver disk: volcheck 4 Change to the driver installer directory: cd /floppy/floppy0/DU/sol_210/i86pc/Tools If there is already installed on your computer, perform a pkgrm SUNWaac to remove it.... disk. 2 Begin the driver package installer: pkgadd -d diskette1 3 At the installer prompt, type go . 4 Select 1 for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in this section to install a new driver before rebooting your computer after you remove the pre-existing...
User Guide
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... and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which describes how to perform some basic array and configuration management functions. The agent is like a service that keeps your online data, using...
... and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which describes how to perform some basic array and configuration management functions. The agent is like a service that keeps your online data, using...
User Guide
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... you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive. The difference in performance between the two types of disk drives may adversely affect the performance of the array. Parallel SCSI moves multiple bits of data in parallel (at the same time), using...controllers are referred to 128 end devices and can communicate with both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see page 80), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with eight links has a bandwidth of 2400 MB/sec. SAS cards can typically...
... you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive. The difference in performance between the two types of disk drives may adversely affect the performance of the array. Parallel SCSI moves multiple bits of data in parallel (at the same time), using...controllers are referred to 128 end devices and can communicate with both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see page 80), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with eight links has a bandwidth of 2400 MB/sec. SAS cards can typically...
User Guide
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... to a single SAS card in any single SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a fanout expander. For example, you can daisy-chain (connect one fanout expander in a host system. The next figure illustrates (in a large ... SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander Fanout Expander SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander SAS Card SATA Disk Drives SAS 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 ...
... to a single SAS card in any single SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a fanout expander. For example, you can daisy-chain (connect one fanout expander in a host system. The next figure illustrates (in a large ... SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander Fanout Expander SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander SAS Card SATA Disk Drives SAS 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 ...
User Guide
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... create arrays (or logical drives), you can assign a RAID level to help you select the best level of performance and redundancy. Each RAID level offers a unique combination of protection for your data. RAID levels also vary by your Adaptec RAID controller, and provides a basic overview of each to protect your data storage.
... create arrays (or logical drives), you can assign a RAID level to help you select the best level of performance and redundancy. Each RAID level offers a unique combination of protection for your data. RAID levels also vary by your Adaptec RAID controller, and provides a basic overview of each to protect your data storage.
User Guide
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... disk drives in equal-sized sections. A disk drive can create a RAID 0 drive segment of 250 GB, for a total of independent disks, a RAID 0 array provides improved I/O performance. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 83 Understanding Drive Segments A drive segment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive that are part of any logical device...
... disk drives in equal-sized sections. A disk drive can create a RAID 0 drive segment of 250 GB, for a total of independent disks, a RAID 0 array provides improved I/O performance. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 83 Understanding Drive Segments A drive segment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive that are part of any logical device...
User Guide
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... space, drive segment size is the size 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. In this figure. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 84 RAID 1 Arrays A RAID...
... space, drive segment size is the size 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. In this figure. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 84 RAID 1 Arrays A RAID...
User Guide
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... 3 1 3 ... 499 Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 2 4 ... 500 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 10 Logical Drive = 500 GB Mirroring provides data protection, and striping improves performance. 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...
... 3 1 3 ... 499 Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 2 4 ... 500 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 10 Logical Drive = 500 GB Mirroring provides data protection, and striping improves performance. 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...
User Guide
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... Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 6 ... 750 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 5 Logical Drive = 750 GB plus Parity Parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance. For instance, an array with the stored data. Parity data is striped evenly across the disk drives with two 250 GB disk drives and two...
... Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 6 ... 750 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 5 Logical Drive = 750 GB plus Parity Parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance. For instance, an array with the stored data. Parity data is striped evenly across the disk drives with two 250 GB disk drives and two...
User Guide
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... forty-eight disk drives configured as two or more information, see RAID 5 Arrays on page 86.) The parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance.
... forty-eight disk drives configured as two or more information, see RAID 5 Arrays on page 86.) The parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance.
User Guide
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...6 arrays provide extra protection for your data because they can recover from at least four disk drives. However, the extra parity calculation slows performance (compared to provide redundancy. Maximum stripe size depends on the drive segment sizes used: RAID 6 Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity... the array. However, RAID 6 arrays include two independent sets of parity data instead of parity data provide enhanced data protection, and striping improves performance. RAID 6 arrays must be built from two simultaneous disk drive failures. P2 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 ... 449 Disk Drive 3 P1 3...
...6 arrays provide extra protection for your data because they can recover from at least four disk drives. However, the extra parity calculation slows performance (compared to provide redundancy. Maximum stripe size depends on the drive segment sizes used: RAID 6 Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity... the array. However, RAID 6 arrays include two independent sets of parity data instead of parity data provide enhanced data protection, and striping improves performance. RAID 6 arrays must be built from two simultaneous disk drive failures. P2 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 ... 449 Disk Drive 3 P1 3...
User Guide
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...Selecting the Best RAID Level Use this table to select the RAID levels that are most appropriate for performance and reliability. RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1E RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 5EE RAID 50...% 50% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 50 - 88% Read Performance Write Performance Built-in Hot Spare No No No No No Yes No No No Minimum Disk Drives 2 2 3 4 3 4 6 4 8... Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend on the number of available disk drives and your requirements for the logical drives on your storage...
...Selecting the Best RAID Level Use this table to select the RAID levels that are most appropriate for performance and reliability. RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1E RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 5EE RAID 50...% 50% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 50 - 88% Read Performance Write Performance Built-in Hot Spare No No No No No Yes No No No Minimum Disk Drives 2 2 3 4 3 4 6 4 8... Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend on the number of available disk drives and your requirements for the logical drives on your storage...
User Guide
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... opens. 3 Enable or disable read -intensive applications. The duration of inactive state of the array/drive after which it may need to improve performance in read caching. 4 Press Tab. 5 Select the preferred MaxIQ setting (Enable/Disable), press Tab, then enable or disable MaxIQ. Modifying Cache... for "write-through" caching. 8 Press Enter to low power state, when the array/ drive is powered off. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 94 In the power management console, enter these details: Option Power Management Slow Down Drive After Power Off Drive After...
... opens. 3 Enable or disable read -intensive applications. The duration of inactive state of the array/drive after which it may need to improve performance in read caching. 4 Press Tab. 5 Select the preferred MaxIQ setting (Enable/Disable), press Tab, then enable or disable MaxIQ. Modifying Cache... for "write-through" caching. 8 Press Enter to low power state, when the array/ drive is powered off. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 94 In the power management console, enter these details: Option Power Management Slow Down Drive After Power Off Drive After...
User Guide
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...takes up all data on a disk drive, all data from the list. Press Esc to create a new global hot spare. Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to six times longer than the secure erase option. Back up to the disk drive being secure erased, then press... Ctrl+Q. To begin a secure erase, select Secure Erase from the main ACU menu. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin initializing a disk drive, select Initialize Drives from the main ACU menu. To create and delete global ...
...takes up all data on a disk drive, all data from the list. Press Esc to create a new global hot spare. Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to six times longer than the secure erase option. Back up to the disk drive being secure erased, then press... Ctrl+Q. To begin a secure erase, select Secure Erase from the main ACU menu. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin initializing a disk drive, select Initialize Drives from the main ACU menu. To create and delete global ...