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MANAGING THE DISK ARRAY AND LOGICAL DRIVE
CREATING A DISK ARRAY AND LOGICAL DRIVE MANUALLY
A disk array is a method of organizing data across a grouping of hard
disks or solid state drives. One or more logical drives can be created on
top of a disk array.
A logical drive is what mounts to your computer, which it sees as a single
namespace, or as individual drives. The logical drive is where your disk's
file format is defined and is also where your system saves the files.
Create a Disk Array
This feature only creates a disk array. You can also use the Wizard to create a disk
array with logical and spare drives concurrently.
To create a disk array:
1. From the Dashboard menu, click the
Disk Array
link.
2. Click
Create Disk Array
.
3. Accept the defaults or make changes:
• Enter an alias in the Alias field with a maximum of 32 characters (letters,
numbers andspaces between characters).
•
Enable Media Patrol
– Uncheck to disable on this array.
•
Enable PDM
– Uncheck to disable on this array.
4. In the
Select Physical Drives
diagram, click drives to add them to your array. The
drive carriers turn blue when you click them. The physical drives' ID numbers will
appear in the field below the diagram.
5. When you have finished your settings and chocies, click
Submit
.
The new array will appear in the list.
• If you are done creating disk arrays, click Finish.
• To create additional disk arrays, click Create More.
After you create a disk array, you will need to create a logical drive on it.
Create a Logical Drive
This feature creates a logical drive only. You can also use the Wizard to create a disk
array with logical drives and spare drives concurrently. See
Creating a Disk Array and
Logical Drive with Wizard.
To create a logical drive manually:
1. Choose one of the following actions:
• Click the
Logical Drive
icon.
• From the Storage menu, choose
Logical Drive
.
2. Click
Create Logical Drive
.
3. Click the radio button of the disk array you want to use, then click
Next
.
4. Accept the defaults or make changes from the following:
Managing the Disk Array and Logical Drive
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