Hardware Operation Manual
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What else you need
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Hard disk drives (different RAID levels requires different numbers of HDDs). Refer to
Software Operation manual for more detail information.
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Host computer with SCSI interface (
SCSI-SATAII RAID SYSTEM
)
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Host computer with Fibre interface (
Fibre-SATAII RAID SYSTEM
)
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Static grounding strap or electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe work area
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Dedicated terminal or PC with third party communication software that supports ANSI
terminal emulation (required for viewing Monitor Utility)
The hard drives in a RAID system should match in size and speed. All drives in
any array should be identical models with the same firmware versions. RAID
system can use any size drive, however the smallest drive will determine the
size of the array.
There's no set formula to determine how much cache memory to use, but as a
general rule, a workstation, with mostly very large files, such as for audio or
video editing and playback, graphics or CAD files, can benefit from a large
cache. File servers, with multiple random access of varying file size, generally
have little or no performance improvement with additional cache.
RAID system do not require the installation of different drivers for use with
different operating systems. RAID system is independent and transparent to
the host operating system.
