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Asus PIKE 2008/IMR User Manual

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Chapter 2: RAID configuration

Controller Properties Menu Options

Option

Description

Set Factory

Defaults

Use this option to load the default MegaRAID

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WebBIOS CU settings.

The default is [No].

Cluster Mode

Use this option to enable or disable Cluster mode. The default is

[Disabled]. A cluster is a grouping of independent servers that can

access the same data storage and provide services to a common set

of clients. When Cluster mode is disabled, the system operates in

Standard mode.

Rebuild Rate

Use this option to select the rebuild rate for drives connected to the

selected controller. The default is 30 percent. The rebuild rate is the

percentage of system resources dedicated to rebuilding a failed drive.

The higher the number, the more system resources devoted to a

rebuild.

BGI Rate

Use this option to select the amount of system resources dedicated

to background initialization of virtual drives connected to the selected

controller. The default is 30 percent.

CC Rate

Use this option to select the amount of system resources dedicated

to consistency checks of virtual drives connected to the selected

contrroller. The default is 30 percent.

Reconstruction

Rate

Use this option to select the amount of system resources dedicated

to reconstruction of drives connected to the selected controller. The

default is 30 percent.

NCQ

Native Command Queuing (NCQ) gives an individual drive the ability to

optimize the order in which it executes the read and write commands.

The default is [Enabled].

Coercion Mode

Drive coercion is a tool for forcing drives of varying capacities to the

same size so they can be used in a drive group. The coercion mode

options are None, 128MB-way, and 1GB-way. The default is None.

S.M.A.R.T.

Polling

This option determines how frequently the controller polls for drives

reporting a Predictive Drive Failure (S.M.A.R.T. error). The default is

300 seconds (5 minutes).