Dell Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapter 5i Integrated and 5E Adapter - Manual (Page 56)

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Glossary
RPM
RPM, short for "Red Hat Package Manager" is a
package management system primarily intended for
Linux. RPM installs, updates, uninstalls, verifies and
queries software. RPM is the baseline package format
of the Linux Standard Base. Originally developed by
Red Hat for Red Hat Linux, RPM is now used by
many Linux distributions. It has also been ported to
some other operating systems such as NetWare by
Novell.
S
SAS
Serial-Attached SCSI, SAS, is a serial, point-to-point,
enterprise-level device interface that leverages the
proven SCSI protocol set. The SAS interface provides
improved performance, simplified cabling, smaller
connectors, lower pin count, and lower power
requirements when compared to parallel SCSI.
SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, a physical
storage interface standard, is a serial link that provides
point-to-point connections between devices. The
thinner serial cables allow for better airflow within the
system and permit smaller chassis designs.
SCSI
SCSI stands for "Small Computer System Interface,"
a processor-independent standard interface for
system-level interfacing between a computer and
intelligent devices including hard-drives, floppy disks,
CD-ROM, printer, scanners and many more.
SCSIport
The SCSIport driver is a feature of the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
storage architecture, delivering SCSI
commands to the storage targets. The SCSIport
driver works well with storage using parallel SCSI.
SMART
Acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology. The self-monitoring analysis and
reporting technology (SMART) feature monitors the
internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive
electronics to detect predictable drive failures. This
feature helps monitor drive performance and
reliability, and protects the data on the drive. When
problems are detected on a drive, you can replace or
repair the drive without losing any data.
SMART-compliant disks have attributes for which
data (values) can be monitored to identify changes in
values and determine whether the values are within
threshold limits. Many mechanical failures and some
electrical failures display some degradation in
performance before failure.
Storport
The Storport driver has been designed to replace
SCSIport and work with Windows 2003 and beyond.
In addition, it offers better performance for storage
adapters, providing higher I/O throughput rates,
improved manageability, and an upgraded miniport
interface.
W
Windows
Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial
operating environments for computers. It provides a
graphical user interface (GUI) to access programs and
data on the computer.
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