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Automatic rebuild on replacement – HP Workstation xw8000 User Manual

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Glossary

automatic rebuild on replacement

In the event of a drive failure in a SAF-TE or SES enclosure
attached to a controller with no available hot spares, if rebuild on
replacement is enabled then when the failed drive is replaced with
a new drive, a rebuild will start automatically.

available space

Unused space on an initialized disk from which logical devices
(arrays) are created. When an array is deleted, the space that it
used is returned to the available space pool.

Also called available segment.

B

bad segment

Segment that is in an unknown state.

background consistency check

Option that forces the controller to constantly check all portions of
disks used by all arrays to see if the disks can return data from the
blocks. On a fully-redundant RAID 5 with no dead segments, the
controller will repair any data that it cannot read. See also

consistency check command

.

battery

In the event of a power failure, a battery supplies power to
maintain data in the RAID controller’s cache, thereby permitting
any dirty data in the cache to be flushed to the drives when power
is restored. See also

battery reconditioning

,

dirty data

.

battery reconditioning

Periodic discharge/recharge that conditions the battery to attempt
to regain lost capacity. Does not apply to all types of battery.

blink

Command that blinks the drive LEDs of all hard disks in a selected
array or of a single selected hard disk.

bootable array

Array configured as the boot device.

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