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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.
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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.
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A-Chip. AccerATA chip. Automated data port to handle asynchronous
ATA disk drive interface.
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AMCC. Applied Micro Circuits Corporation provides the essential
building blocks for the processing, moving and storing of information
worldwide.
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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.
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Background rebuild rate. The rate at which a particular controller
initializes, rebuilds, and verifies redundant units (RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID
10).
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Carve size. The size over which a unit will be divided into volumes, if
auto-carving is enabled.
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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.
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Configuration. The RAID level set for a unit.
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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.