IBM 866011U - Netfinity 5500 - 8660, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Notes
Notes:
1. The Requested Space default value is
calculated as the maximum logical drive size
available for the RAID level assigned.
2. The Requested Space must be between
2 MB and the maximum available.
3. The actual logical drive size that appears
might be slightly different from what you
type in the Space Requested field.
The size of a logical drive is determined by
the RAID level and the number of hard disk
drives. For example, a disk array consisting
of three, 1 GB hard disk drives with a
requested RAID level 0 logical drive of
1000 MB will actually contain only 999 MB
because the data is striped across all three
drives, with 333 MB on each drive.
6. Click on OK to create the disk array.
7. You
must initialize all new logical drives before storing
data in them. See “Initializing logical drives” on
page 36.
Note
All new RAID level 5 logical drives are
automatically synchronized when you initialize
them.
Deleting Disk Arrays
Note
For some operating systems, deleting a disk array and
its associated logical drives will change the drive
letters that are assigned to the remaining drives when
you restart the system.
Attention
Before proceeding, ensure that you have backed up
any data and programs that you want to save.
To delete a disk array:
Deleting a disk array deletes all logical drives
that are defined in that array. All data and
programs in the disk array are lost during this
procedure.
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