User's Manual

NOTE: It is recommended that you use Intelligent Mirroring to create RAID 10 across

enclosures for simple and optimum configuration.

NOTE: To view the redundancy across enclosures achieved through Intelligent Mirroring,

click the virtual disk and view the physical disk IDs in each span, which are from alternate

enclosures.

– Select RAID 50 to implement striping across more than one span of physical disks. RAID 50

groups n*s disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of s*(n-1) disks, where s is the number of

spans and n is the number of disks within each span.

– Select RAID 60 to implement striping across more than one RAID 6 span. RAID 60 groups n*s

disks as one large virtual disk with a capacity of s*(n-2) disks, where s is the number of spans and

n is the number of disks within each span. RAID 60 provides increased data protection and better

read performance, but slower write performance.'

8. Select the Bus Protocol.

The possible options are:

– SCSI

– SAS

– SATA

9. Select the Media Type.

The available options are:

– HDD

– SSD

For more information on Bus Protocol and Media Type, see Virtual Disk Properties And Tasks.

10. Click Continue.

The Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2 of 3) — <Controller Name> page is displayed with

the connectors and physical disks available.