Dell 3 - Manual (Page 59)

PERC 3/SC Features 57
PERC 3/SC Fault Tolerance Features
The PERC 3/SC fault tolerance features are shown in Table 4-5.
Software Utilities
The PERC 3/SC software utilities are shown in Table 4-6.
Maximum scatter/gathers 26 elements
Maximum size of I/O requests 6.4 MB in 64 KB stripes
Maximum queue tags per drive As many as the drive can accept.
Stripe sizes 2 KB, 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB,
64 KB, or 128 KB
Maximum number of concurrent
commands
255
Support for multiple initiators Yes
Ta b l e 4 - 5 . P E R C 3 / S C Fa u l t To l e r a n c e Fe a t u r e s
Specification Feature
Support for SMART Yes
Drive failure detection Automatic
Drive rebuild using hot spares Automatic
Manual replacement of drives without system
shutdown
Yes
Parity generation and checking Yes
Ta b l e 4 - 6 . S o f t w a r e U t i l i t i e s Fe a t u r e s
Specification Feature
Graphical user interface Yes
Management utility Yes
Ta b l e 4 - 4 . A r r a y P e r f o r m a n c e Fe a t u r e s (continued)
Specification Feature