3Ware 7000-2 User Guide - Page 126
3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller Manual
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after being created in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. The user can reboot the system before this is complete in order to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after a delay of up to ten minutes. The advantage of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can be used immediately, but it will not be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete. The disadvantage of this is that it takes longer for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes longer to initialize an array than it does to write zeroes to the array. Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. 126 www.3ware.com