NEC Express5800/320Ma Administrator's Manual page 5

4. Disk Storage Management
Data Fault Tolerance
Guidelines for System Disks
Using RDR for Fault Tolerance
Automatic Virtual Disk Expansion
Managing RDR Disks
Notes on Using RDR to Mirror Disks in Internal Storage
Disk Failures during Resynchronization
Write Caching
Read-load Balancing
Mirroring Dynamic Disks with RDR
Setting the Active RDR Disk (Plex)
Deleting the RDR Configuration on a Physical Disk
Removing a Physical Disk from an RDR Virtual Disk
Deporting a Physical Disk from an RDR Virtual Disk
Creating a Spare Bootable RDR Disk
Breaking a Physical Disk from an RDR Virtual Disk
Setting or Clearing the MTBF for Disks
Setting the MTBF Faultcount Limit for Disks
Booting a System with a Backup RDR Boot Disk
Reusing Data Disks
Reusing a Stored-Data Disk
Removing the RDR Configuration from a
Resynchronizing RDR Disks
Resynchronizing a Backup Boot RDR Disk
Recovering and Replacing RDR Disks
Verifying RDR Disks
Configuring the Priority of RDR Virtual Disk
Resynchronization
Using Volume Mirroring for Fault Tolerance
Mirrored Volume Resynchronization
Volume Resynchronization After Rebooting
Inserting or Removing More Than One Disk at a Time
ftSMC Interface for Storage Enclosures and Subsystems
Storage Enclosure Node
Slot Node
Disk Node
Sensor Nodes
EMC Attached Storage
Mirroring Disks in Your Express5800/320Ma System
Mirroring Disks in Internal Storage
Configuring and Creating RDR Disks
Stored-Data Disk
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