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VessRAID 1000s Series Product Manual
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2. Press the button again and the display says 000.
3. Press the button again and the display says RAID Level.
4. Press the or button until the display shows the RAID level you want.
Note that the available RAID levels depend on the number of physical drives
in your disk array.
5. Press the button to choose the RAID level shown on the screen.
The display shows the maximum available capacity.
6. Press the or button until the display shows the capacity you want.
7. Press the button to choose the capacity shown on the screen.
The display shows the default stripe size.
The choices are 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1 MB.
8. Press the or button until the display shows the stripe size you want.
9. Press the button to choose the stripe size shown on the screen.
The display shows the default sector size.
The choices are 512 B; 1 KB, 2 KB, and 4 KB
10. Press the or button until the display shows the sector size you want.
The display shows the default read policy.
The choices are ReadCache, ReadAhead and None.
11. Press the or button until the display shows the read policy you want.
12. Press the button to choose the read policy shown on the screen.
The display shows the default write policy.
The choices are WriteBack and WriteThru (write though).
13. Press the or button until the display shows the write policy you want.
14. Press the button to choose the write policy shown on the screen.
15. Press the button again to confirm.
The display shows the logical drive creation process. When the creation is
finished, the LCD returns to Logical Disk Create.
Creating a Spare Drive
This function creates a non-revertible, global spare drive. If you want a revertible
or a dedicated spare drive, see “Creating a Spare Drive” on page 125 or
page 159.
To create a spare drive for your new disk array:
1. Press the button and the display says Spare Drive Create.