Adaptec SATA RAID Utility for Intel ICH5R
Glossary
A
activity See task.
ACU
Array Configuration Utility. An application used to create, configure, and manage arrays from the controller’s BIOS or
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 or enhanced I/O performance. See also volume, spanned volume, RAID 0, RAID 1. 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
available space/segment
Unused space on an initialized disk from which logical devices (arrays) are created. When an array is deleted, the space that it used is returned to the available space pool.
B
background consistency check
Option that forces the controller to constantly check all portions of disks used by all arrays to see if the disks can return data from the blocks. See also consistency check command.
bad segment
Segment that is in an unknown state.
bootable array
Array configured as the boot device.
build
Background initialization of a redundant array. The array is accessible throughout. RAID 1 copies the contents of the primary drive to a secondary drive. See also clear.
bus
See channel.
