User`s guide

Document Number: MAN-002000-000 Version 2.6
Sil 4726 Manager User’s Guide
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Configure Multiple Volumes
The Advanced Configuration Wizard allows many combinations of storage policies and capacities. This
procedure shows how to modify a basic SAFE configuration so that it contains several volumes, each with
different storage policies. This example illustrates one possible combination that allocates all of the system’s
available capacity to:
• One 50-gigabyte (GB) SAFE volume on drives 0 and 1, with no reserved space for a Hot Spare.
• One FAST volume that uses the remaining capacity on drives 0 and 1.
• One BIG volume that uses all of the capacity on drives 2, 3, and 4.
The same sequence of steps applies to any configuration you choose to implement; only the storage policy and
capacity allocation vary for different configuration options.
Note: Before reconfiguring an existing SiI 4726 Storage Appliance with a new configuration, back-
up the data. Use the Disk Management utility provided by your OS to delete all SiI 4726 partitions -
except the unallocated, un-initialized disk that represents the SteelVine processor. Once the
configuration and partitioning of the new volumes has taken place, it is safe to restore the backed-
up data to the new configuration. See “Partitioning volumes” for details.
1. Click the Configure Box toolbar button to open the Basic Configuration Wizard.