User`s guide

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Chapter6:Conguration
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters
This section describes the Virtual Disk Parameters that you can set when you
usetheGuidedCongurationorManualCongurationmodesoftheConguration
Wizard.Youshouldchangetheseparametersonlyifyouhaveaspecicreasonfor
doing so. It is usually best to leave them at their default settings.
Stripe Size: A stripe size of 64 Kbytes is supported.•
Disk Cache Policy: Select a cache setting for this disk: Unchanged, Enabled, •
or Disabled.
Init State•
No Initialization: The new conguration is not initialized and the existing data•
on the disks is not overwritten.
Fast Initialization: MegaRAID Storage Manager software quickly writes zeroes •
totherstandlast8Mbyteregionsofthenewvirtualdisk.
FullInitialization:Acompleteinitializationisdoneonthenewconguration.This•
may take a long time if the disks are large.