G-Technology G Speed studio - Viewing Logical Drive Statistics

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Conguring G-SPEED Studio R
• Capacity – Data capacity of the logical drive
• Number of Axles – For RAID 10, two axles
• Physical Capacity – Data capacity of the physical drives
• Number of Physical Drives – The number of physical drives in the disk array
• Stripe size – Set at logical drive creation
• Read Policy – ReadCache, ReadAhead or None *
• Sector size – Set at logical drive creation
• Write Policy – WriteThru or WriteBack *
• Current Write Policy – May change from WriteBack to WriteThru under certain
conditions
• Preferred Controller ID – Not applicable
• Tolerable Number of Dead Drives Per Axle – Number of physical drives that can
fail without the logical drive going oine
• Synchronized – A new logical drive shows “No” until synchronizing is completed.
See Synchronization
• Parity Pace – Pertains to some RAID levels
• WWN – Worldwide Number, a unique identifier assigned to this logical drive
• RAID 5 and 6 Algorithm – Pertains to RAID 5 and 6
• Codec Scheme – Pertains to some RAID levels
• Serial No. – Serial number assigned to this logical drive
Viewing Logical Drive Statistics
To view logical drive statistics:
1. Do one of the following actions:
• Click the Logical Drive icon.
• From the Storage menu, choose Logical Drive. The list of logical drives will appear.