Figure 48: Gui "Select Hard Drives; Figure 49: Parity Initialize - Accusys ExaSAN A08S3-PS User Manual

4. How to Use

Figure 48: GUI "Select hard drives"

Optional: From the drop down menu, select either On-the-fly initialization or Performance
evaluation.
On-the-fly initialization – ExaSAN RAID systems
record the initialized sectors in the bitmap. All sectors
are initialized only once. The entire initialization
process will be completed faster and the performance
will be better during the initialization.
During on-the-fly initialization, 65-75% of the full
speed (of a created RAID) is still available. You can
still use the RAID system during the RAID
initialization.
Select this option (default) to ensure the
completeness of the array. If this option is selected, it
will recalculate the disk parity and data organization
(how it is arranged). The amount of time required for
the initialization process varies depending on the disk
volume.

Figure 49: parity initialize

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