User`s guide

Document Number: MAN-000SR5-000 Revision 1.40
Create RAID Group dialog
(for Contiguous, Concatenated and
Striped configurations)
Create RAID Group dialog
(for Mirrored, Mirrored/Striped and
Parity RAID configurations)
2. Enter values in all fields and click
Create to create the RAID Group.
Field Definition
RAID Group
Label
Enter an identifiable name for the RAID group. This value can be any string (up
to 8 characters including blank spaces) to help users identify this volume.
RAID Group
Select a Group ID from the available ID list. The maximum number of RAID
Groups per controller is 8, so Group ID can be any number between 0 and 7,
inclusive.
Configuration
Select which RAID level is to be used to configure these members:
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Contiguous (for virtual disk or JBOD).
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Concatenated (for multiple concatenated segments).
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Striped (for RAID 0)
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Mirrored (for RAID 1)
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Mirrored Striped (for RAID 10)
•
Parity RAID (for RAID 5)
Capacity
Select a value to define the total usable capacity of the RAID Group or manually
enter the volume size in gigabytes (GB). Selecting MAX will create the largest
RAID set possible with the drive(s) selected.
Chunk Size
Select a value to define the chunk size (stripe size) for performance tuning. In
general, large stripe sizes are best for large files that are accessed sequentially
(for example, media streaming files) and smaller sizes are better for randomly
accessed data like databases. This parameter is not used for Contiguous (JBOD),
Concatenated, and Mirrored configurations.
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