1-2 Features
Writer: Rickard Project: Compaq Smart Array 3200 Controller Reference Guide Comments: 340862-002
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COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL - NEED TO KNOW REQUIRED
Other Features
■ Online spare
■ Hot-pluggable controllers and drives
■ Pre-failure warranty
■ RAID 0, 0+1 (also called RAID 10), 1, 4, and 5 support
■ Large cache − 64-MB, ECC-protected, battery-backed, removable
daughterboard, read-ahead, and posted-write cache (array accelerator)
■ Adjustable cache read/write ratio
■ Tagged command queuing
■ High performance high-bandwidth SCSI channels − three independent
wide-ultra SCSI-3 channels, providing a throughput of up to 120 MB/sec
(or 40 MB/sec per channel in a 20 MHz bus)
■ Online drive capacity expansion
■ Cable-free bus
■ Drive and array movement in any order
■ Multiple logical drives per array
