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Vess R2000 Series Product Manual Promise Technologies
CreatiNg a logiCal driVe MaNually
This feature creates a logical drive only. You can also use the Wizard to create a disk array with logical drives
and spare drives at the same time.
This action requires Super User or Power User privileges.
To create a logical drive manually:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Logical Drive icon.
3. Click the Create Logical Drive button.
4. Click the option button of the disk array you want to use and click the Next button.
5. Optional. Enter an alias in the Aliaseld.
Maximumof32characters;letters,numbers,spacebetweencharacters,andunderline.
6. Choose a RAID level.
The choice of RAID levels depends the number of physical drives in the disk array.
7. RAID30,50and60only.Specifythenumberofaxlesforyourarray.
8. In the Capacityeld,acceptthedefaultmaximumcapacityorenteralessercapacityandsizeinMB,GB
or TB.
Any remaining capacity is available for an additional logical drive.
9. Foreachofthefollowingitems,acceptthedefaultorchangethesettingsasrequired:
• ChooseaStripesize.
64KB,128KB,256KB,512KB,and1MBareavailable.
• ChooseaSectorsize.
512B,1KB,2KB,and4KBareavailable.
• ChooseaRead(cache)Policy.
ReadCache,ReadAhead,andNoCacheareavailable.
• ChooseaWrite(cache)Policy.
WriteBackandWriteThrough(Thru)areavailable.
• CheckboxofPerfectRebuildEnable/DisablePerfectRebuild
10. Click the Add button.
The new logical drive appears on the list at the right.