Adaptec 48300 - Manual (Page 98)

Glossary ●
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drive
Device used for storing data. May contain one or more removable or
nonremovable, writable or read only media. See also
hard disk, hard disk
drive .
drive LED
Indicator light that illuminates during read or write operations.
E
event
Notification or alert from the system, indicating that a change has
occurred.
event log
File used to maintain information about prior HostRAID controller
activities or errors.
event notification
Process for transmitting events.
F
failed
State of a non redundant array that has suffered a single drive failure, or
a redundant array that has suffered multiple drive failures. A failed array
is inaccessible and data is lost.
failed partition
A partition that is no longer usable by an array because it is either
logically bad and therefore no longer needed, or physically damaged.
failover drive
See hotspare .
fault-tolerant array
Refers to an array that can continue to function after a disk drive failure
without loss of data. See also
redundant .