AMCC 720-0138-00 manual Glossary

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Glossary

•3DM 2. 3ware Disk Manager. The 3ware disk manager is a web-based graphical user interface that can be used to view, maintain, and manage 3ware controllers, disks, and units. It is available for download from http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp.

•3ware. Named after the 3 computer wares: hardware, software and firmware. A leading brand of high-performance, high-capacity Serial ATA (SATA) RAID storage solutions.

•A-Chip. AccerATA chip. Automated data port to handle asynchronous ATA disk drive interface.

•AMCC. Applied Micro Circuits Corporation provides the essential building blocks for the processing, moving and storing of information worldwide.

•Array. One or more disk drives that appear to the operating system as a single unit. Within 3ware software, arrays are typically referred to as units.

•Background rebuild rate. The rate at which a particular controller initializes, rebuilds, and verifies redundant units (RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10).

•Carve size. The size over which a unit will be divided into volumes, if auto-carving is enabled.

•CLI. Command Line Interface. The 3ware CLI is a text program, rather than a GUI (graphical user interface). It has the same functionality as 3DM, and can be used to view, maintain, and manage 3ware controllers, disks, and units.

•Configuration. The RAID level set for a unit.

•Controller. The physical card from 3ware that you insert into a computer system and connect to your 3ware Sidecar. The controller contains firmware that provides RAID functionality. 3ware makes a number of different models of SATA RAID controllers.For the Power Mac G5, the controller model is 9590SE-ME.

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