HP Workstation xw6000 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S: Software User's Guide - Page 111

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A Glossary A activity See task. ACU Array Configuration Utility. An application used to create, configure, and manage arrays from the controller's BIOS or MSDOS. array A logical disk created from available space and made up of one or more segments on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically used to provide data redundancy and/or enhanced I/O performance. For more information, see the Adaptec SCSI RAID Software Reference Guide. See also hot spare, segment, volume, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50. Also known as a container. array initialization See initialize. ATA AT Bus Attachment. Standard parallel interface to IDE hard disks typically used in desktop computers and some entry-level servers. Serial ATA is a successor to ATA. automatic failover See automatic rebuild on replacement A-1

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A-1
A
Glossary
A
activity
See
task
.
ACU
Array Configuration Utility. An application used to create,
configure, and manage arrays from the controller’s
BIOS or MS-
DOS.
array
A logical disk created from available space and made up of one or
more segments on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically
used to provide data redundancy and/or enhanced I/O
performance. For more information, see the
Adaptec SCSI RAID
Software Reference Guide
. See also
hot spare
,
segment
,
volume
,
RAID 0
,
RAID 1
,
RAID 5
,
RAID 10
,
RAID 50
.
Also known as a
container
.
array initialization
See
initialize
.
ATA
AT Bus Attachment. Standard parallel interface to IDE hard disks
typically used in desktop computers and some entry-level servers.
Serial ATA is a successor to ATA.
automatic failover
See
automatic rebuild on replacement