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... INJURY DAMAGE. 7. The purchaser shall bear all shipping, packing, and insurance costs and all other costs, excluding labor and parts, necessary to obtain warranty service, write or telephone: ● Americas PMC-Sierra, Inc. THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MIGHT OTHERWISE ARISE RESPECT...
... INJURY DAMAGE. 7. The purchaser shall bear all shipping, packing, and insurance costs and all other costs, excluding labor and parts, necessary to obtain warranty service, write or telephone: ● Americas PMC-Sierra, Inc. THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MIGHT OTHERWISE ARISE RESPECT...
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... initialized, then 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. Write Caching Press Enter to use the default granularity of GB. MaxCache Read Press Enter to use the default (Enable always). You can now be used...
... initialized, then 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. Write Caching Press Enter to use the default granularity of GB. MaxCache Read Press Enter to use the default (Enable always). You can now be used...
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..., the free space, drive segment size is similar to independent disk drives, RAID 1 arrays provide improved performance, with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of single disks. Disk Drive 1 400 GB Disk Drive 2 400 GB Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drives in this example, the large bold numbers...
..., the free space, drive segment size is similar to independent disk drives, RAID 1 arrays provide improved performance, with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of single disks. Disk Drive 1 400 GB Disk Drive 2 400 GB Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drives in this example, the large bold numbers...
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... drive segment sizes used: RAID 5EE Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity and hot spare. A RAID 5EE array protects your data and increases read and write speeds. In this figure, S represents the distributed spare, P represents the distributed parity data. However, capacity is reduced by two disk drives' worth of four disk...
... drive segment sizes used: RAID 5EE Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity and hot spare. A RAID 5EE array protects your data and increases read and write speeds. In this figure, S represents the distributed spare, P represents the distributed parity data. However, capacity is reduced by two disk drives' worth of four disk...
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... Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Disk Drive Usage 100% 50% 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...
... Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Disk Drive Usage 100% 50% 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...
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...also modify the maxCache settings. Adaptec maxCache uses the compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in read-intensive applications. The Modify Cache Settings window opens. 3 Enable or disable read caching. 4 Press Tab. 5 Enable or disable write caching: ● Select Enable always for "write-back" caching ● ...interval at which it is powered off. You can modify the read cache pool to accept the values. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 107 Option Power Off Drive After Verify Drive After Description The duration of inactive state of the array...
...also modify the maxCache settings. Adaptec maxCache uses the compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in read-intensive applications. The Modify Cache Settings window opens. 3 Enable or disable read caching. 4 Press Tab. 5 Enable or disable write caching: ● Select Enable always for "write-back" caching ● ...interval at which it is powered off. You can modify the read cache pool to accept the values. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 107 Option Power Off Drive After Verify Drive After Description The duration of inactive state of the array...
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... Drives To begin a secure erase, select Secure Erase from the main ACU menu. Press Enter to see page 113) instead, or clear it using Adaptec Storage Manager-both options take much less time than clearing (or zeroing) a disk drive. Press Esc to its main window. Secure Erasing Disk Drives ...being erased-it . You can create and delete global hot spares even if no arrays exist. Back up to initialize. Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to a specific logical drive. To create and delete global hot spares: 1 Select Global Hotspares from the main ACU menu. If an error ...
... Drives To begin a secure erase, select Secure Erase from the main ACU menu. Press Enter to see page 113) instead, or clear it using Adaptec Storage Manager-both options take much less time than clearing (or zeroing) a disk drive. Press Esc to its main window. Secure Erasing Disk Drives ...being erased-it . You can create and delete global hot spares even if no arrays exist. Back up to initialize. Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to a specific logical drive. To create and delete global hot spares: 1 Select Global Hotspares from the main ACU menu. If an error ...
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... disabled. When enabled, the controller constantly verifies a redundant array. When enabled in Adaptec Storage Manager.) When set to Activity and Fault, the drive activity LEDs blink to Enable All, write cache is not used on I/O load) and fault (steady 1Hz). Default is .... It does not affect currently running tasks. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 111 General Controller Settings Note: Default settings are displayed during a power failure. Option Drive's Write Cache Runtime BIOS Automatic Failover Array Background Consistency Check Array-based BBS...
... disabled. When enabled, the controller constantly verifies a redundant array. When enabled in Adaptec Storage Manager.) When set to Activity and Fault, the drive activity LEDs blink to Enable All, write cache is not used on I/O load) and fault (steady 1Hz). Default is .... It does not affect currently running tasks. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 111 General Controller Settings Note: Default settings are displayed during a power failure. Option Drive's Write Cache Runtime BIOS Automatic Failover Array Background Consistency Check Array-based BBS...
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... set to be spun up . Selectable Performance Mode When set to +12:00. Note: Default settings are implemented based on IO write size; The valid range for the time zone settings is optimized for transaction-oriented applications, such as data entry and retrieval. Default ... should operate in bold type. By default it is Auto. ● Series 6E/6T Controllers: When set to 23:59. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 112 Option Description Backplane Mode ● Series 2, Series 5, Series 6 Controllers: When set to IBPI. Default is set...
... set to be spun up . Selectable Performance Mode When set to +12:00. Note: Default settings are implemented based on IO write size; The valid range for the time zone settings is optimized for transaction-oriented applications, such as data entry and retrieval. Default ... should operate in bold type. By default it is Auto. ● Series 6E/6T Controllers: When set to 23:59. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 112 Option Description Backplane Mode ● Series 2, Series 5, Series 6 Controllers: When set to IBPI. Default is set...
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... specify the name of a UFI file, only its UFI files in a UFI file. A:\> AFU UPDATE /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V4.0-0 B5749 (c)Adaptec Inc. 1999-2005. Writing Adaptec RAID 51645 (4MB) Flash Image to perform the specified command. Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 119 These switches are available: ● /C -One or more RAID controllers on...
... specify the name of a UFI file, only its UFI files in a UFI file. A:\> AFU UPDATE /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V4.0-0 B5749 (c)Adaptec Inc. 1999-2005. Writing Adaptec RAID 51645 (4MB) Flash Image to perform the specified command. Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 119 These switches are available: ● /C -One or more RAID controllers on...
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...connecting disk drives 50 connecting external devices 53 CRC Checking setting 113 data protection 19 descriptions 17 to 32 disk drives 42 Drive's Write Cache setting 111 event log 114 figures 17 to 32 firmware 116 flashing 86 I2C connector specifications 122 installation options 45 installing 47 ...secure erasing 108 stopping a secure erase 108 solid state 18, 42, 50 types of connections 114 verifying 113 drive requirements 42 Drive's Write Cache setting 111 driver and operating system installation 59 driver disk 60 driver installation 72 to 78 drivers installing on FreeBSD 78 installing on ...
...connecting disk drives 50 connecting external devices 53 CRC Checking setting 113 data protection 19 descriptions 17 to 32 disk drives 42 Drive's Write Cache setting 111 event log 114 figures 17 to 32 firmware 116 flashing 86 I2C connector specifications 122 installation options 45 installing 47 ...secure erasing 108 stopping a secure erase 108 solid state 18, 42, 50 types of connections 114 verifying 113 drive requirements 42 Drive's Write Cache setting 111 driver and operating system installation 59 driver disk 60 driver installation 72 to 78 drivers installing on FreeBSD 78 installing on ...