Figure 47: Gui "Select Sector Size - Accusys ExaSAN A08S3-PS User Manual

2. Select the stripe size from the drop down menu. Available stripe sizes are: 8-256KB. The
greater the stripe size, the faster the I/O output for each drive. This speeds up disk access.
3. Select the sector size from the drop down menu. Available sector sizes are 512 bytes
(default) and 4096 bytes. The sector size 4096 bytes is only supported by Windows
2000/XP, and over 2 Terabyte function is used. For other OSes, please select 512 bytes
(default).
4. Click on the drives to be added to the array. You can also click on Select all spare drivers.
Note
Hot (Global) spare drive – When building an array, the hard drives
which are not defined will be used as spare drives for all arrays defined
within the controller. If a drive(s) in use fails, a spare drive(s) will
replace the faulty drive in the array and rebuild automatically. One of
the advantages of adopting hot spare drive is to reduce the downtime.
User Guide

Figure 47: GUI "Select sector size"

4. How to Use
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