Specifications

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• File Server
• Video Stream
• Transaction Data
• Transaction Log
• Other
7. Press Control-A to save your settings and move to the next screen.
8. Reviewtheproposedcongurationofdiskarrayandlogicaldrives.
Toaccepttheproposedcongurationandcreatethediskarrayandlogicaldrives,highlightSave
Conguration
and press Enter.
Torejecttheproposedconguration,highlightCancelArrayConguration and press Enter. You return
to the Disk Arrays Summary screen.
To create a disk array with different characteristics, highlight Create New Array and press Enter. Repeat
the steps above specifying different parameters. Or choose the Advanced option.
creatInG a DISk array – aDvanceD (clu)
For more information on the choices below, see “Chapter 7: Technology Background”
To create a disk array using the Advanced feature:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Create New Array and press Enter.
3. Highlight CongurationMethodand press the spacebar to toggle to Advanced.
Step 1 – Disk Array Creation
1. If you want to specify an alias to the disk array, highlight Alias and type a name.
Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words and underscore.
2. Choose whether to enable Media Patrol, PDM, and Power Management.
3. Choose a Media Type, HDD or SSD.
4. Highlight Save Settings and Continue and press Enter.
5. Highlight a physical drive you want to add to your array and press the spacebar to choose it.
Repeat this action until you have selected all the physical drives for your array.
6. Highlight Save Settings and Continue and press Enter.
Step 2 – Logical Drive Creation
1. If you want to specify an alias to the logical drive, highlight Alias and type a name.
Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words and underscore.
2. Highlight RAID Level and press the spacebar to toggle though a list of available RAID levels.
3. If you want to create multiple logical drives, highlight Capacity, press the backspace key to remove the
current value, then type a new smaller value.
4. RAID 30, 50 and 60 only. Highlight Number of Axles and press the spacebar to choose the number of axles.
See "RAID 30 Axles" on Page 187, "RAID 60 Axles" and "RAID 50 Axles" on page <?> .
5. For the following items, accept the default value or highlight and press the spacebar to choose a new value:
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HighlightStripeandpressthespacebartotogglethroughstripesizes
andchoose64KB,128KB,256KB,512KB,or1MB.
• HighlightSectorandpressthespacebartotogglethroughsector
sizesandchoose512B,1KB,2KB,or4KB.
• HighlightWrite Policyandpressthespacebartotogglewritecache
policybetweenWriteBackandWriteThru(writethough).
• HighlightRead Policyandpressthespacebartotogglereadcache
policythoughReadCache,ReadAhead,andNoCache.
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HighlightPreferred Controller IDandpressthespacebartotoggleamong1,2,orAutomatic.
• HighlightPerfectRebuildandpressthespacebartotoggleEnableordisable.
6. Highlight Save Logical Drive and press Enter.