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5-24 Chapter 5: RAID conguration
5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache
You may manually enable the RAID controller’s WriteCache option after creating a
RAID set to improve the data transmission performance.
When you enable WriteCache, you may lose data when a power interruption occurs
while transmitting or exchanging data among the drives.
The WriteCache function is recommended for RAID 1 and RAID 10 sets.
To enable WriteCache:
1. From the
Management Menu
, select
Objects
>
Adapter
, select an existing
adapter, and then press <Enter> to display the adapter properties.
2. Select
Disk WC
, and then press <Enter> to turn on the option.
5. When nished, press any key to continue.
Management Menu
Congure
Initialize
Objects
Rebuild
Check Consistency
Disk Write Cache - Off(Write Through) or On(Write Back)
Objects
Adapter
Virtual Drive
Physical Drive
Adapter 0
Rebuild Rate = 30
Chk Const Rate = 30
FGI Rate = 30
BGI Rate = 30
Disk WC = Off
Read Ahead = On
Bios State = Enable
Cont On Error = Yes
Fast Init = Enable
Auto Rebuild = On
Auto Resume = Enable
Disk Coercion = 1GB
Factory Default
LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010
BIOS Version A.10.09231523R
Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
3. From the
Management Menu
, select
Objects
>
Virtual Drive
, select an
existing adapter and press <Enter>. Select
View/Update Parameters
and
press <Enter> to display the adapter properties.
4. Select
Disk WC
, and then press <Enter> to turn on the option.
Management Menu
Congure
Initialize
Objects
Rebuild
Check Consistency
Disk Write Cache Setting of VD
Objects
Adapter
Virtual Drive
Physical Drive
Virtual Drive
RAID = 0
Size = 148.580GB
Stripe Size = 64KB
#Stripes = 2
State = OPTIMAL
Spans = 1
Disk WC = On
Read Ahead = On
LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17, 2010
BIOS Version A.10.09231523R
Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option