Install And Run 3Dm Disk Management Utility - 3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller User Manual

3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after being created in the
BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. The user can reboot
the system before this is complete in order to use the RAID 5 array
immediately. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5
array goes into initialization mode after a delay of up to ten min-
utes. The advantage of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can
be used immediately, but it will not be fault tolerant until the initial-
ization is complete. The disadvantage of this is that it takes longer
for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes longer to
initialize an array than it does to write zeroes to the array.

Install and run 3DM disk management utility

Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. If you are
using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3ware CLI
User Guide.
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