Glossary-5
Glossary
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impacted
An impacted array is one which has been created but for some
reason the initial build operation did not complete. All member
drives are present and operational, and all data written to the array
is protected. To optimize the array, run a Verify with Fix Task.
initialize
Process of preparing a disk for use by the controller. When a disk is
initialized, the controller records the RAID signature on the disk.
initialized array
An array that is ready for data reads and writes. Arrays can be
initialized by
.
L
legacy disk
Disk that contained a valid partition table when connected to the
controller. The controller manages the disk as a legacy disk array
where there is a one-to-one logical-to-physical mapping of array to
disk.
logical device
Volume comprised of space from one or more physical drives and
presented to the operating system as if it were a single storage unit.
low-level format
Process performed by the drive firmware that completely cleans
any data off the hard disk.
M
mirrored array/mirroring
See
monitoring
Process of receiving, displaying, and logging system events.
