
Chapter 8. Configuring Units
114 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
The Protection profile enables write journaling; the Performance and
Balanced Profile disables it. The Balanced profile disables it only if no
BBU is present.
If write journaling is disabled and a BBU is present, then it is as if the
BBU was disabled for that unit.
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Write cache disabled on degrade. In the event that a unit degrades, the
use of write cache can be disabled until the unit is rebuilt. Once the unit is
rebuilt, you must enable the write cache manually. The write cache will
not automatically reenable when the unit is rebuilt.
The Protection profile enables this feature, so that write cache is disabled
in the event a unit degrades; the Performance and Balanced profiles
disable this feature, so that write cache continues to be enabled.
Setting the StorSave Profile through 3DM
In 3DM, the StorSave Profile is a unit policy that can be set on the Controller
Settings
page.
To set the StorSave profile through 3DM
1 Choose
Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar in 3DM.
2In the
Unit Policies section of the Controller Settings page, select the
profile you want to use from the drop-down list in the StorSave column.
The page refreshes, and a message at the top confirms the change you
have made.
Setting the StorSave Profile through 3BM
In 3BM, the StorSave Profile is set on the Configure Disk Array screen.
To set the StorSave Profile through 3BM
1 At the main 3BM screen, select the unit by highlighting it and pressing
Enter.
An asterisk appears in the left-most column to indicate that it is selected.
2Tab to the
Maintain Unit button and press Enter.
3 On the pop-up menu, select
Configure and press Enter.
4In the
Configure Disk Array screen, Tab to the field StorSave Profile.
The current setting—Protection, Balanced, or Performance—is shown.
(The default setting is Protection.)
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