What does Quick Initialized RAID status mean

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We have re-created RAID1 on our IBM X3400, with the 8K-l RAID card, and now the RAID1 is in status of Quick Initialized.

I've read online that the performance of this status is might not be optimal, and some actions required to bring the operation paramters to optimal.

Is this correct, and would the synchronize action (as I don't see anything else available) help?

Thanks!

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The quick initialization process initializes the first 1024 sectors of the logical drive. After initializing the array should go to the status Optimal. There is no need to synchronize after you create the array.

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