HP Workstation xw8000 - Manual (Page 111)

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activity
See task .
ACU
Array Configuration Utility. An application used to create,
configure, and manage arrays from the controller’s BIOS or MS-
DOS.
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 and/or enhanced I/O
performance. For more information, see the Adaptec SCSI RAID
Software Reference Guide. See also
hot spare , segment , volume , RAID 0 ,
RAID 1 , RAID 5 , RAID 10 , RAID 50 .
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 entry-level servers.
Serial ATA is a successor to ATA.
automatic failover
See automatic rebuild on replacement
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