Chapter 11. 3DM 2 Reference
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3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
There are four main sections on this page:
•
Background Task Rate
•
Unit Policies
•
Unit Names
•
Other Controller Settings
Background Task Rate
The Background Task Rate fields let you change the balance of background
tasks and I/O (reading and writing to disk) performed by the controller.
There are separate settings for Rebuild/Migrate Rate and Verify Rate,
Figure 95. The Rebuild/Migrate Rate also applies to initialization. Although
the same rate is used for rebuilding, migrating, and initializing, migrating has
the highest priority.
The five radio buttons let you set the ratio at which background tasks are
performed in comparison to I/O. For additional information, see “Setting
Background Task Rate” on page 160.
Unit Policies
You can enable or disable these policies:
Write Cache
,
Auto-verify,
Continue on Source Error During Rebuild, Queuing
, and you can select a
StorSave Profile
. 3DM lists each unit on the current controller, and shows
you whether the policies are currently enabled or disabled for each unit.
Write Cache.
When write cache is enabled, data is stored locally in memory
on the drive before it is written to the disk drive media, allowing the computer
to continue with its next task. This improves performance. However, in the
event of a power failure, the data in the write cache will be lost if you do not
have a battery backup unit (BBU) or an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
For additional information, see “Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write
Cache” on page 113.
Auto Verify.
When the Auto Verify policy is enabled, a verify task is
performed automatically once every 24 hours. This feature is designed to
make regular verification of units easier.
If a verify scheduling window has been set up and enabled, then Auto Verify
will wait until the scheduled time window to start the automatic verify
process.
When Auto Verify is not enabled, verify tasks are only run if you manually
request one on the 3DM
Management
page. If a verify scheduling window is
set and enabled, then manual verifies will wait until the scheduled time to
start.
