Adaptec 48300 - Manual (Page 95)

Glossary
A
activity
See task .
ACU
Array Configuration Utility. Used to create, configure, and manage
arrays from the HostRAID controller’s BIOS or MS-DOS.
array
A logical disk created from available space and made up of one or more
partitions on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically used to
provide data redundancy or enhanced I/O performance. See also
container , volume , spanned volume , and See also mirrored array/
mirroring and See also mirrored array/mirroring and See also mirrored
array/mirroring and ...
.
Also known as a container.
array configuration
See configure drives .
available space/partition
Unused space on an configured disk from which logical devices (arrays)
are created. When an array is deleted, the space that it used is returned
to the available space pool.