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A type of disk organization in Windows. The other type of organization is a dynamic disk.
The disk where the boot partition resides. To use PSDM, the ESP must also be on the boot disk.
The mirror group to which the boot disk belongs.
The partition where system files configuring Windows are stored. This partition is usually C:.
Disks other than the boot disk.
The mirror group to which data disks belong.
An abnormal shutdown of the system caused, for example, by disconnection of the power to the computer or an abnormal end of the system due to a hardware or software failure.
A Windows system utility used for disk and partition management.
To open the Disk Management window, select [Start]-[Control Panel]-[Administrative Tools]-[Computer Management]-[Disk Management].
Extensible Firmware Interface
Firmware used to start up (boot) the OS.
The boot option provided on the EFI Boot Manager menu. Choose a boot option on the EFI Boot Manager menu to select the boot disk.
The EFI Boot Manager menu window.
The special partition on a GPT disk to store files required for OS startup (boot).
EFI System Partition
An abbreviation for EFI System Partition.
Globally unique identifier Partition Table
The type of partitioning system that the EFI supports.
Just Resynchronization Mechanism
An abbreviation for Just Resynchronization Mechanism.
The high-speed resynchronization copying carried out by the Just Resynchronization Mechanism.
A mechanism that realizes high-speed resynchronization by initiating the copy from the region that may be out-of-sync due to the failure instead of replicating the entire disk data.
The only disk in a mirror group whose partition configuration can be viewed with "Disk Management" or the diskpart command.
A disk registered with a mirror group.
A unit of disks to be mirrored. Mirror disks registered with a mirror group are mirrored one another.
Management Board
An abbreviation for the server management board. This is a system control unit whose tasks include control and monitoring of PRIMEQUEST resources, partition management, and system initialization.
MicroSoft Reserved partition
An abbreviation for a Microsoft reserved partition. This is a disk area reserved on every disk for Windows to use. These partitions are not displayed in "Disk Management."
PRIMEQUEST Server Agent
System management software to perform PRIMEQUEST hardware fault monitoring and configuration management. This is essential software for PRIMEQUEST and provided with PRIMEQUEST hardware.
The only disk in a mirror group from which data is read out.
A disk partition that stores mirroring management information. This is automatically created in the end of a disk configured for mirroring. The size is 256 MB.
To copy data between mirror disks to recover the mirroring state when the system is rebooted, for example, after it was down.
SystemcastWizard Lite
Software to install the OS and back up and restore hard disks via the network. This is provided with PRIMEQUEST hardware.
Disks other than the master disk in a mirror group.
The state where mirroring is operating normally.
To copy data in a mirror group to mirror disks added to the mirror group in order to set up mirroring or to increase the multiplicity of the mirroring configuration.
A synonym of the boot disk.
Web User Interface
An abbreviation for Web User Interface. This is an interface that uses a Web browser for displaying information to users and for user operations.
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