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3. Select the new stripe-unit size for your installation.
Note: Consider your server application environment when you select the
controller stripe-unit size setting.
Environment Stripe-unit size
Groupware (such as Lotus
®
Notes
®
or Exchange) 16 KB
Transaction processing database 16 KB
Decision support database 16 KB
Thin client environments 8 KB
File server (Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Novell NetWare) 16 KB
File server (other) 8 KB
Web server 8 KB
Other 8 KB
Write-cache mode
If you are preparing to install Novell NetWare 5.x from the startable Novell NetWare
5.x CD, set the write-cache mode to write through for the logical drive to which you
will install the operating system. To accomplish this, complete the following steps:
1. In the ServeRAID Manager tree, click the logical drive.
2. Click Actions → Change write-cache mode to write through .
Viewing your configuration
You can use ServeRAID Manager to view information about RAID controllers and
the RAID subsystem (such as arrays, logical drives, hot-spare drives, and physical
drives).
To view information, expand the ServeRAID Manager tree; then, click the relevant
tree object. Detailed information about the selected device appears in the right
pane.
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