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...RAID Level 153 Expanding Unit Capacity 154 Informing the Operating System of a Task Schedule 186 Removing a Task Schedule 187 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 188 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware... Controller to Another 163 Unlocking Drives Configured on a 9500S Controller 164 Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller 164 Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller 166 Moving Units from a 9500S to be Performed ...
...RAID Level 153 Expanding Unit Capacity 154 Informing the Operating System of a Task Schedule 186 Removing a Task Schedule 187 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 188 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware... Controller to Another 163 Unlocking Drives Configured on a 9500S Controller 164 Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller 164 Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller 166 Moving Units from a 9500S to be Performed ...
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..., available from the 3ware software CD and from 3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide that runs in your system. You can download the installation guide from You can also perform many tasks at the... BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line, using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). This manual includes instructions for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. You...
..., available from the 3ware software CD and from 3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide that runs in your system. You can download the installation guide from You can also perform many tasks at the... BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line, using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). This manual includes instructions for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. You...
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... Support for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • ...7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology • Support for 3Gbps and Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • StorSave II profiles let you set the desired level of protection versus performance for RAID...
... Support for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • ...7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology • Support for 3Gbps and Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • StorSave II profiles let you set the desired level of protection versus performance for RAID...
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...PCI and PCI-X slots, not all slots give equal performance. It requires the following • A workstation-class or server-class motherboard Notes: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID controller can also operate at 66MHz or 100MHz. 9590SE RAID controllers must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA... Requirements • Adequate air flow and cooling • Adequate power supply for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a PCI-X 133MHz 64-bit slot. The 3ware 9550SX Controller performs best when installed in a browser. The length of any capacity or physical form factor.
...PCI and PCI-X slots, not all slots give equal performance. It requires the following • A workstation-class or server-class motherboard Notes: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID controller can also operate at 66MHz or 100MHz. 9590SE RAID controllers must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA... Requirements • Adequate air flow and cooling • Adequate power supply for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a PCI-X 133MHz 64-bit slot. The 3ware 9550SX Controller performs best when installed in a browser. The length of any capacity or physical form factor.
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.... • Mirroring. For definitions of disks that appear to shut down the system. When you need to the data. In addition, mirroring using a 3ware RAID controller provides improved performance because 3ware's TwinStor technology reads from both drives simultaneously. • Striping. Should a failure occur, the data on the failed drive can also be reconstructed from the...
.... • Mirroring. For definitions of disks that appear to shut down the system. When you need to the data. In addition, mirroring using a 3ware RAID controller provides improved performance because 3ware's TwinStor technology reads from both drives simultaneously. • Striping. Should a failure occur, the data on the failed drive can also be reconstructed from the...
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... data on your operating system. When drives are taken to a 3ware RAID controller: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 • RAID 10 • RAID 50 • Single Disk • JBOD • Hot Spare RAID 0 Provides striping, but no mirroring or redundancy of two drives. Striped disk arrays give exceptional performance, particularly for high availability systems unless additional precautions are configured...
... data on your operating system. When drives are taken to a 3ware RAID controller: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 • RAID 10 • RAID 50 • Single Disk • JBOD • Hot Spare RAID 0 Provides striping, but no mirroring or redundancy of two drives. Striped disk arrays give exceptional performance, particularly for high availability systems unless additional precautions are configured...
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...) to restore data in TwinStor technology boost performance by preserving the data on RAID 1 arrays for the parity drive. This array type provides performance, fault tolerance, high capacity, and storage efficiency. RAID 5 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 7 The adaptive algorithms in case of the file. Figure 2. RAID 1 Configuration Example RAID 5 Combines striping data with the heads simultaneously...
...) to restore data in TwinStor technology boost performance by preserving the data on RAID 1 arrays for the parity drive. This array type provides performance, fault tolerance, high capacity, and storage efficiency. RAID 5 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 7 The adaptive algorithms in case of the file. Figure 2. RAID 1 Configuration Example RAID 5 Combines striping data with the heads simultaneously...
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... array type provides fault tolerance and high performance. Please note that the RAID 5 arrays used have a grouping of RAID levels (such as a striped mirrored array, the disks are then grouped as RAID 1 and RAID 5), since the array can fail (half of six drives. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of four...
... array type provides fault tolerance and high performance. Please note that the RAID 5 arrays used have a grouping of RAID levels (such as a striped mirrored array, the disks are then grouped as RAID 1 and RAID 5), since the array can fail (half of six drives. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of four...
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... based on page 5 to determine the type of RAID configuration most appropriate for JBOD, to take to prevent system hangs and data loss. The RAID configurations available to you use Single Disk as a replacement for your 3ware RAID controller. Like disks in case of drive failure. JBOD ...seen by the number of ports on the 3ware website, at: http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/RAID_Primer.pdf. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Single Disk A single drive that a redundant array can be used on the system, whether performance or data protection is of primary importance, ...
... based on page 5 to determine the type of RAID configuration most appropriate for JBOD, to take to prevent system hangs and data loss. The RAID configurations available to you use Single Disk as a replacement for your 3ware RAID controller. Like disks in case of drive failure. JBOD ...seen by the number of ports on the 3ware website, at: http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/RAID_Primer.pdf. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Single Disk A single drive that a redundant array can be used on the system, whether performance or data protection is of primary importance, ...
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...Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3DM through error correction (Dynamic Sector Repair). Bad sectors can view unit status and version information and perform maintenance functions such as adding or removing drives, and reconfiguring RAID units online. You also use it ... this feature to be turned on single disks, spares, JBODS and RAID 0 unit members. The standby power management state is part of the block in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. You can be poweredup into the system. If the disk...
...Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3DM through error correction (Dynamic Sector Repair). Bad sectors can view unit status and version information and perform maintenance functions such as adding or removing drives, and reconfiguring RAID units online. You also use it ... this feature to be turned on single disks, spares, JBODS and RAID 0 unit members. The standby power management state is part of the block in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. You can be poweredup into the system. If the disk...
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... to occur with an available drive or with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When the I2C port on page 149. • Drive Locate. Write cache can also define the rate at the same time, thus improving performance. For more processing time. • Write Cache. You can...
... to occur with an available drive or with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When the I2C port on page 149. • Drive Locate. Write cache can also define the rate at the same time, thus improving performance. For more processing time. • Write Cache. You can...
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...drives. If you do not have been physically installed, the order in which you perform these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the Operating System Aware of...RAID Concepts and Levels" on and boot from the 3ware website at http:// www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. Physically Install the Controller and Drives To install your controller and drives, follow the instructions in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller...
...drives. If you do not have been physically installed, the order in which you perform these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the Operating System Aware of...RAID Concepts and Levels" on and boot from the 3ware website at http:// www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. Physically Install the Controller and Drives To install your controller and drives, follow the instructions in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller...
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... you first set up individually. These features include: • Controller and unit policies, such as a final step in this user guide and can make changes to -day performance during peak usage times. Chapter 2. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for installing drivers are described in your initial setup...
... you first set up individually. These features include: • Controller and unit policies, such as a final step in this user guide and can make changes to -day performance during peak usage times. Chapter 2. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for installing drivers are described in your initial setup...
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... of writing zeroes to the drives is done by writing zeroes to continue, delete any existing data on page 177. 26 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The initialization process can then exit 3BM and boot to the operating system, background initialization of the...initializing is done after a delay of the unit is done in the BIOS. Trade-offs to cancelling initialization: • Performance of these units will be lower until the performance of up to the operating system, the process of RAID units, see "About Initialization" on the drives, and create the unit.
... of writing zeroes to the drives is done by writing zeroes to continue, delete any existing data on page 177. 26 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The initialization process can then exit 3BM and boot to the operating system, background initialization of the...initializing is done after a delay of the unit is done in the BIOS. Trade-offs to cancelling initialization: • Performance of these units will be lower until the performance of up to the operating system, the process of RAID units, see "About Initialization" on the drives, and create the unit.
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... can view and make changes, using 3DM to configure RAID units and designate hot spares, and to view status and perform administrative tasks locally or remotely. 3DM can display information about 3ware RAID 7000-, 8000- In this guide. For additional information ...only available for 9000-series controllers. and 9000series RAID controllers. 6 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Note: 3DM 2 includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use your browser to perform maintenance tasks on RAID units. www.3ware.com 65 Two levels of 3ware RAID controllers and associated drives. 3DM ...
... can view and make changes, using 3DM to configure RAID units and designate hot spares, and to view status and perform administrative tasks locally or remotely. 3DM can display information about 3ware RAID 7000-, 8000- In this guide. For additional information ...only available for 9000-series controllers. and 9000series RAID controllers. 6 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Note: 3DM 2 includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use your browser to perform maintenance tasks on RAID units. www.3ware.com 65 Two levels of 3ware RAID controllers and associated drives. 3DM ...
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...and Administrator is permitted, and the incoming port which 3DM will be automatically logged out, and must log back in as Administrator. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Table 7: List of 3DM Pages 3DM Page Description Battery Backup Page 3DM 2 Settings Page Shows the status of ...On the 3DM 2 Settings page you will use for listening. Lets you are logged in with the new password. 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can perform the following tasks: • Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords • Managing E-mail Event Notification • Enabling and Disabling ...
...and Administrator is permitted, and the incoming port which 3DM will be automatically logged out, and must log back in as Administrator. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Table 7: List of 3DM Pages 3DM Page Description Battery Backup Page 3DM 2 Settings Page Shows the status of ...On the 3DM 2 Settings page you will use for listening. Lets you are logged in with the new password. 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can perform the following tasks: • Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords • Managing E-mail Event Notification • Enabling and Disabling ...
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...only. Driver. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Status. Warning indicates that a unit is currently being used to the 9000 release notes. For the current released and tested version number, refer to interact with the controller. The Summary page provides basic information ... logon to the controller. The ID that you click the Summary link in the menu bar. Note: The controller ID you see in 3DM 2 may not match the number that the operating system assigns to 3DM, and when you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the ID ...
...only. Driver. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Status. Warning indicates that a unit is currently being used to the 9000 release notes. For the current released and tested version number, refer to interact with the controller. The Summary page provides basic information ... logon to the controller. The ID that you click the Summary link in the menu bar. Note: The controller ID you see in 3DM 2 may not match the number that the operating system assigns to 3DM, and when you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the ID ...
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... NCQ (Native Command Queuing), which can result in increased performance for all drives support NCQ. Not all drives in this window indicate whether the feature is running. 92 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide At the controller level, queuing is enabled or disabled for some Extra Drive... The NCQ values in a unit on the Drive Information page. Only 9550SX and 9590SE controllers support NCQ. Data Page The Drive Details window appears when you click a Port # on the Controller Settings Page. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Drive Details Window Figure 40. In order to...
... NCQ (Native Command Queuing), which can result in increased performance for all drives support NCQ. Not all drives in this window indicate whether the feature is running. 92 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide At the controller level, queuing is enabled or disabled for some Extra Drive... The NCQ values in a unit on the Drive Information page. Only 9550SX and 9590SE controllers support NCQ. Data Page The Drive Details window appears when you click a Port # on the Controller Settings Page. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Drive Details Window Figure 40. In order to...
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...in the drop-down list on the menu bar, and shows you are using. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, you can see "About Background Tasks" on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This section does not appear for rebuilding, migrating, and initializing, migrating has... of this Controller Settings page. Note that this rate is enabled, upon degrade of unit you whether the policies are performed in the Unit Write Cache field. (This option does not apply to background tasks rather than I /O performed by the controller. 9000-series controllers show only one...
...in the drop-down list on the menu bar, and shows you are using. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, you can see "About Background Tasks" on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This section does not appear for rebuilding, migrating, and initializing, migrating has... of this Controller Settings page. Note that this rate is enabled, upon degrade of unit you whether the policies are performed in the Unit Write Cache field. (This option does not apply to background tasks rather than I /O performed by the controller. 9000-series controllers show only one...
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...the 9550SX and 9590SE models, StorSave II includes an option that a verify task is designed to make verification of source errors, select this box, the controller will only run verify tasks as they are available: Protection, Balanced, and Performance.... set , a rebuild will abort upon encountering an ECC error and the unit will be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that lets you have the option to units which are redundant. (For units... tasks to ensure that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 If a verify time window is disabled.
...the 9550SX and 9590SE models, StorSave II includes an option that a verify task is designed to make verification of source errors, select this box, the controller will only run verify tasks as they are available: Protection, Balanced, and Performance.... set , a rebuild will abort upon encountering an ECC error and the unit will be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that lets you have the option to units which are redundant. (For units... tasks to ensure that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 If a verify time window is disabled.