Technical information

HiTest Notes for MS Internet Information Server Windows NT AlphaServer 800 5–1
5
System Limits and Characterization Data
This chapter describes any system limits that may have been determined as a result of the
testing, along with information about the system characterization during testing.
• RAID – When configuring the RAID disk sets using the RAID Array 200 RAID
Configuration Unit (RA200RCU.EXE) utility, the initializing of disks can take
approximately one hour per drive to initialize.
RAID disk sets initialize much quicker if the write policy for the RAID drives is set to
writeback. After initialization is complete, the write policy should be changed back to
writethrough.
KZPAC-XX is not supported with internal drives unless fault management is disabled
with the RAID Configuration Utility (RCU).
• Network – When operating a server that is expected to provide high-performance
network services (such as the Internet, Web, and Exchange), the server should be on its
own LAN segment, preferably with a high-speed interconnection such as Fast Ethernet.
This can be achieved by the use of an Ethernet switch.