HP Media Vault User Manual

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Partition
A

logical

division of a physical hard disk. A partition divides a physical disk into separate units, which can be

formatted independently.

Physical disks
Physical hard drive
The actual hard disk(s) located in a device that stores files and data.

Protocol
The standard(s) of how computers communicate data with each other.

Privilege level
A level assigned by the user that decides what access levels are available to other users..

-Q-

No terms begin with the letter Q.

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RAID
RAID-1
RAID stands for redundant array of independent disks. RAID is a system which uses multiple hard drives to share
or replicate data among the drives. RAID-1 creates an exact copy or

mirror

of a set of data on two or more

disks.

Read only
A setting that does not allow the user to write data. The user is only able to read information.

Reiser FS
Reiser
A computer file system used in the Linux operating system. HP Media Vault uses a modified form of Reiser FS.

Router
A device connected to your computer that joins two or more networks. For example, a router connects your
local network to the internet.

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Serial ATA (SATA)
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment is an interface standard that moves information to and from a storage
device, such as a hard disk.

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