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G-16 Glossary
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RAID 5
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. RAID 5 is a
fault tolerance method (distributed data guarding)
that “stripes” data and parity across all the drives in
the configuration to ensure the uninterrupted
availability of uncorrupted data. It allocates a small
percentage of the drive array storage to protect users
from data loss.
RAM
Random Access Memory. Memory that the server
uses to load and run programs. Data stored in RAM
is lost when you turn off your server.
Remote Console
An input/output device that consists of a keyboard
and video display. This device is usually found in
multiuser environments.
Resources
The parts of a server that you must configure with
the System Configuration Utility. Examples of
resources are memory, interrupt request (IRQ) lines,
direct memory access (DMA) channels, and port
addresses.
Revision History
Table
A feature that allows precise identification of the
components in a PC Server. The table is updated
when the system ROM detects a board version
change in an EISA expansion slot. The table also
contains complete version information on the
previous configuration. This feature allows
correlation of hardware changes with server failure.
