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Product Manual WebPAM PROe - System Conguration
iNitializatioN
Technicallyspeaking,Initializationisaforegroundactivity,asyoucannotaccessalogicaldrivewhileitis
initiating.
Initialization is normally done to logical drives after they are created from a disk array. Initialization sets all data
bits in the logical drive to zero. The action is useful because there may be residual data on the logical drives left
behindfromearliercongurations.Forthisreason,Initializationisrecommendedwheneveryoucreatealogical
drive. See “Initializing a Logical Drive” on page 206.
MAking initiAlizAtiOn settings
To make initialization settings:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
3. Click the Settings button.
4. Click the Logical Drive Initialization Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate:
• Low–FewersystemresourcestoInitialization,moretodataread/writeoperations.
• Medium–Balancessystemresourcesbetween
Initializationanddataread/writeoperations.
• High–MoresystemresourcestoInitialization,fewertodataread/writeoperations.
5. Click the Conrm button.