User's Manual
Virtual Disks 219
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
Does my controller support this feature? See
Supported Features
.
The Create Virtual Disk Wizard allows you to select the wizard type and the
RAID level. The Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard calculates the
appropriate virtual disk configuration based on the available space and
controller considerations. To make your own selections for the virtual disk
configuration, select the Advanced Wizard option. For more information, see
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
.
Before creating a virtual disk, you should be familiar with the information in
Considerations Before Creating Virtual Disks
and
Choosing RAID Levels and
Concatenation
.
To create a virtual disk using the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard:
1
On the left-hand side of the
Server Administrator
page, expand
Storage
PERC controller
Virtual Disks
.
The
Virtual Disk(s) on Controller <Controller Name>
page is displayed.
2
Click
Go to the Create Virtual Disk Wizard
.
The
Create
Virtual Disk Wizard (Step 1) <Controller Name>
page is
displayed.
3
Select the
Express Wizard
option and the required RAID level from the
from the drop-down list.
– Depending on the controller,
Concatenated
enables you to combine
the storage capacity of several disks or to create a virtual disk using a
single physical disk. For more information the number of supported
physical disks when using
Concatenated,
see Number of Physical
Disks per Virtual Disk.
Concatenated
does not provide data
redundancy or affect the read/write performance.
– Select
RAID 0
for striping. This selection groups
n
disks together as a
large virtual disk with a total capacity of
n
disks. Data is alternately
stored in the disks so that they are evenly distributed. Data
redundancy is not available in this mode. Read/write performance is
enhanced.
– Select
RAID 1
for mirroring disks. This selection groups two disks
together as one virtual disk with a capacity of one single disk. The data
is replicated on both disks. When a disk fails, the virtual disk