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logical drive

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logical drive

An allocated part of a physical disk drive that is designated and managed as an independent unit. For example, drives C:, D: and E: could represent three physical drives or one physical drive partitioned into three logical drives. Contrast with physical drive.


logical drive [′läj·i·kəl ¦drīv]
(computer science)
A data storage unit, such as a subpartition of a hard drive or an array of storage units, recognized and handled according to the logic of the operating system like a single physical drive.


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With 400+GB hard drives, the amount of time required to completely rebuild a failed drive in a 12-15 drive RAID 5 logical drive is measured in days rather than hours.
Completely configuration from the front panel with operation information on array(s) state, cache usage, channel state and speed, logical drive configuration data and channel assignment, individual drive state, voltages and temperatures
Storage Central Turbo, which enables users to password protect each logical drive to optimize privacy, incorporates a Gigabit Ethernet interface to maximize data transfer speeds.
 
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