1.1   Product Description

Infortrend's GUI RAID Manager, "RAIDWatch," is a Java-based program specifically designed for use in managing disk array systems implemented using any of Infortrend's line of standalone RAID controllers (GUI stands for "graphic user interface.")  RAIDWatch provides a user-friendly interface that facilitates understanding of the relationship between disk array elements and simplifies the normally complicated process of array configuration. RAIDWatch also provides real-time reporting on the status of the entire array, thus making the task of monitoring disk arrays virtually effortless.  Since the release of software revision 1.31, Event Monitor is supplemented for use with a constant monitoring of multiple disk arrays.

RAIDWatch complements the on-board console interface found on Infortrend's non-PCI RAID controllers and a line of host-based, text-based RAID Managers providing the same functionality, but with greater ease of use. The following sections describe the outstanding features of RAIDWatch and introduce its conceptual framework.


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