Adaptec 1210SA User Guide - Page 54

Using Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition s Stripe Size-For a RAID 0, where data is striped across multiple drives, stripe size determines how much data is written on each drive for a given stripe. Note: Adaptec recommends that you do not change the stripe size. For RAID 1 arrays, which need to be initialized, advanced options allow you to select which method is used to initialize the array and set the priority of the initialization task. The Advanced area of the Create Array wizard may offer the following initialization options: s Build-For a RAID 1, the data from the primary drive is copied to the secondary drive. The advantages of building an array are that the array is immediately available for use, and that when the build is complete, the array operates at maximum performance. The disadvantages are that building takes some time, for a large array possibly many hours, and performance is impacted until the build completes. s Clear-In this case, the contents of all the drives are cleared. The advantages of clearing an array are that the process is much faster than building and when completed, the array operates at maximum performance. The disadvantage is that the array is not accessible until the clear completes. s Quick-In this case the array is immediately available. The advantage of quick initialization is that the array is immediately available with no on-going build. s Initialization Priority-This drop-down list allows you to adjust the priority of the initialization task. The default is High, which means that the initialization completes as fast as possible. The other options are Medium and Low. Depending on what other tasks are running on the controller, selecting either of these options lengthen the initialization time. 5-14