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WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION
under Windows platform only. And it can not be converted to
“Dynamic Disk”, because 4k sector size is not a standard format.
For more details please download PDF file from ftp://
ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/
Over2TB_050721.zip
• Initialization Mode
This option is used to define “Background Initialization”, “Fore-
ground Initialization” or “No Init (To Rescue Volume)”. When
“Background Initialization”, the initialization proceeds as a
background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system
reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access to
the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting
the initialization complete. When “Foreground Initialization”, the
initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set
ready for system accesses. There is no initialization happened
when you select “No Init” option. “No Init“ is for customer to
rescue volume without losing data in the disk.
•
Stripe Size
This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk
in a RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50 or 60 logical drive. You can set the
stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB,
512KB or 1M. A larger stripe size produces better read per-
formance, especially if your computer does mostly sequential
reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does random
reads more often, select a smaller stripe size.
•
Cache Mode
The RAID storage supports “Write Through” and “Write Back”
cache.
• Full Volume Encryption
ARC-8050 have featured with controller based hardware encryp-
tion function. Controller based hardware encryption describes
the encryption of data occurring at the disk array controller
Note:
RAID level 3 can’t modify the cache stripe size.
