IBM Advanced SerialRAID Adapters SA33-3285-02 User Manual page 88

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Enable Fast-Write
4. Move the cursor to the appropriate disk field (that is, Member, Primary, or
Secondary), and press the List key to display a list of candidate disk drives.
5. If candidate disk drives are available, a list of those disk drives is displayed in a
window:
If a list of disk drives is displayed, and the list contains enough disk drives for the
array you are creating, go to step 6 on page 69.
If no list is displayed, or the list does not contain enough disk drives, go to
"Changing or Showing the Use of an SSA Disk Drive" on page 144 for a description
of how to assign disk drives as array candidates. When you have enough candidate
disk drives, return to step 6 on page 69 in this section.
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User's Guide and Maintenance Information
If you select yes for this option, the array enters the Rebuilding state. The
data that is on the primary disk drives is copied to the secondary disk
drives. This operation might take several hours to complete, during which
time, performance is affected.
Switches the fast-write cache on or off. This facility is not available on
adapter cards that do not, or cannot, have a fast-write cache installed.

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