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Fastcheck™ Monitoring Utility
Offline: Drives that are NOT identified as "bad" may be taken offline if part of
a Striping or Spanning array containing a "bad" drive. These drives do NOT
need to be replaced, however.
Rebuilding: For drives that are part of a mirroring array, this indicates the tar-
get drive in the rebuild process.
Size: Indicates capacity of individual drive
Location: Shows physical location of drive. Indicates on which IDE channel
(1 or 2), and whether drive is Master or Slave on cable. This allows user to
identify drives for removal/replacement.
Mapping: Indicates physical parameters of drive (cylinders, heads, sectors)
Timing: Shows selection of drive timing (directly related to burst speed) based
on type of drive and cable used.

Options Window

Clicking on the Options tab reveals the Options Window. Array administrators
can customize the FastCheck Monitoring Utility in four major areas:
Notification, Array Synchronization Scheduling, setting Password, Desktop
Appearance. Most options relate to Mirroring arrays (RAID 1, RAID 0+1).
Notification
Enable audible prompt checkbox turns on/off the alarm of an event (typically
a drive failure, or completion of rebuild or synchronization).
Popup message box checkbox turns on/off the appearance of an event messa-
ge box that would typically indicates a drive failure, or completion of rebuild
or synchronization.
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