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VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Product Manual
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The choices are Read Cache, Read Ahead, and No (read) Cache. Read
Ahead is the default. See “Cache Policy” on page 347.
• From the Write Policy dropdown menu, choose a Write Cache policy for
this logical drive.
The choices are Write Through (thru) and Write Back. Write Back is the
default. If you selected No Cache under Read Cache, this setting will be
Write Through. See “Cache Policy” on page 347.
7. Click the Update button.
A new logical drive is displayed under New Logical Drives.
Repeat the above steps to specify additional logical drives as desired.
8. When you have finished specifying logical drives, click the Next button.
Step 3 – Summary
The Summary lists the disk array and logical drive information you specified.
To proceed with disk array and logical drive creation, click the Submit button.
Deleting a Disk Array
The Disk Arrays–Delete tab enables you to delete existing disk arrays.
To delete a disk array:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Disk Arrays icon.
3. Click the Delete tab in Management View.
4. Check the box to the left of the disk array you want to delete.
Note
This function does not automatically create a hot spare drive. After
the disk array is created, you can create a hot spare drive for it.
For more information, see “Creating a Spare Drive” on page 176.
If your logical drive was designated for NAS, the File System
Management – Create tab appears. See “Creating a NAS File
System” on page 111.
Caution
If you delete a disk array, you also delete any logical drives that
belong to it, along with the data in those logical drives. Back up
any important data before deleting a disk array.