
Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA Controller CLI Guide
Support for Over 2 Terabytes
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux 2.4 do not currently recognize unit
capacity in excess of 2 TB.
If the combined capacity of the drives to be connected to a unit exceeds 2
Terabytes (TB), you can enable auto-carving using the
set autocarve
command.
Auto-carving divides the available unit capacity into multiple chunks of 2 TB
or smaller that can be addressed by the operating systems as separate
volumes.The carve size is adjustable from 1024 to 2048 (default) through the
CLI prior to unit creation.
If a unit over 2 TB was created prior to enabling the auto-carve option, its
capacity visible to the operating system will still be 2TB; no additional
capacity will be registered. To change this, the unit has to be recreated.
StorSave Profiles
You can set the desired level of data protection versus performance for a unit
by specifying the StorSave Profile to be used. Three profiles are provided:
Protection
(maximum data protection),
Performance
(maximum
performance, less data protection), and
Balanced
(a middle ground).The
default is Protection.
For details about how to select a StorSave Profile for a unit, see “/cx/ux set
storsave=protect|balance|perform” on page 61.
Note:
If the write cache setting is disabled for a unit, the StorSave Profile
capability does not apply and is automatically disabled.
The three profiles automatically adjust several different factors that affect
protection and performance on a per unit basis. These are summarized in the
table below and further explained after the table.
Table 4: StorSave Profile Definitions
Protection (Default)
Balanced
Performance
Definition
Maximum data
protection, but slower
performance.
More data protection
than
Performance
but
less data protection
than
Protection
.
Maximum
performance for the
unit, but less data
protection.
FUA (Force Unit
Access)
Honor FUA
Honor FUA
Ignore FUA