StorCase Technology InfoStation 12-Bay 4U Ultra320/SATA - Manual (Page 77)

64 RAID Controller Configuration
StorCase Technology, Inc. InfoStation 12-Bay RAID User's Guide - Rev. D00
1.1.4 Slice
NOTE: A slice must be mapped to a LUN before it can be accessed. Refer to section
"2 SCSI Params" of this User's Guide for further information.
This function enables the user to partition the array into different slices (identified as Slice 0,
Slice 1, etc.). All RAID capacity is assigned by default to Slice 0.
Input the size of each slice in MB. All RAID capacity is assigned by default to Slice 0. If Slice
0 is reduced in size, all excess capacity will be automatically assigned to Slice 1, and so forth.
If no capacity is allocated to a slice, then that slice will not be created.
1.2 Array 2
1.3 Array 3
1.4 Array 4
1.5 Array 5
1.6 Array 6
1.7 Array 7
1.8 Array 8
This function enables the user to configure/reconfigure Arrays 2-8 (skip these sections if
single array is sufficient).
1.9 Stripe Size
NOTES: Stripe size remains constant for any RAID, for both single and multiple arrays.
Smaller stripe sizes provide faster access for small randomly-accessed files.
Larger stripe sizes increase transfer rates for large sequentially-accessed
files (such as video).
Set the striping block size in either 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 (default), 256, 512, or 1024 sectors.