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constructing, critical, rebuilding, or offline. Arrays that were created “online” (see
on page 115) also display the
Tuning
progress.
If the array is encrypted (see
on page 120), then
Encrypted
is also displayed here.
If an array verification is currently being performed (see
page 133), the progress of the scan is also displayed here.
RAID level
Displays the RAID level that this array is configured for. See
,
on page 252 for more information.
Disk Type
Displays the type of disks used for this array. This can be SATA, SAS, or SSD.
Array capacity
Displays the total data storage space of the array, in true terabytes (TB) followed
by binary terabytes (TiB).
No. of members
The number of disks that make up the array.
No. of spares
The total number of spares available for the array. This includes both pool spares
and dedicated spares. New spares can be added on the
Add Hot Spare
page (see
No. of volumes
The number of configured volumes in this array.
Data stripe size
The size of the individual data stripes in this array.
Cache memory
Indicates whether the cache is enabled, its mirroring status, its streaming mode,
and its FUA status.
Cache size
The total size of the cache, in megabytes (MB).
Rebuild priority
Displays the configured rebuild priority, ranging from Lowest to Highest. This
controls the amount of resources that a RAID Controller assigns to rebuilding the
array versus handling host data requests. See
page 197 for more information.
Verify utility
Displays the user-configured verification tests for this array, as well as how often
they are run. Verification tests are configured on the
Verify RAID Array
page (see
Verify due
The date and time of the next scheduled verification, formatted as “Day-of-week
DD-Mmm-YYYY HH:MM”. If the verification is scheduled to begin within a few
hours, this displays
[Verification test] will start shortly
. If the verification is
currently running, it displays
[Verification test] is currently active
. You can run a
RAID array verification at any time by going to the
Verify RAID Array
page and
clicking the
Start
button (see
No. of reads
Displays the number of reads from the array.
No. of writes
Displays the number of writes to the array.
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