D-Link DSN-2100-10 - xStack Storage Area Network Array Hard..., User Manual

Page: 57 / 166

xStack Storage User’s Guide 57
3. Complete the fields in the screen (see Table 5-3), then click the Next button. The Access and
Efficiency Settings screen appears (see Figure 5-12).
If you selected None or Mirror for Data Redundancy , only Access
Bandwidth Weight appears in the Access and Efficiency Settings screen.
Figure 5-12 Create Volume Wizard Screen – Access and Efficiency Settings Screen
4. The default settings for Access Bandwidth Weight and Storage Efficiency Hint produce good
volume organizations for each redundancy setting that use some, but not all, drive resources.
If you change these settings (see Table 5-4), the number of members chosen for the volume
depends on the number of drives available when the volume is created. Small settings use a
small number of members. As setting values increase, the number of members increases
slowly. When maximum values are reached, the xStack Storage Array uses all possible drives
in the volume’s pool and the
Available Pool for a volume. (Spare count is the only limit to
the number of drives obtained from the Available Pool .)
5. Click the Finish button. The main screen reappears, the volume you created appears under
Blade A Base Pool in the Logical Resources tab, and a plus sign appears next to Blade A
Base Pool . Clicking the plus sign displays the volume you created.
Table 5-3 Create Volume Wizard - Select Volume Type to Create Settings Screen Settings
Setting Description
Name Enter the name of the volume you are creating.
Size Enter the size of the volume you are creating. Do not type a decimal point. Use the drop-down
box to select the volume capacity (MB, GB, TB, etc.). All volumes must be at least 1 MB in size.
Data Redundancy Select whether the volume will have no data redundancy or parity or mirror redundancy. For an
explanation of these selections, see Table 5-2.