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RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives
RAID 1 + Spare requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 1+0 requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 3 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 6 + Spare requires at least 5 physical drives
RAID 1+0 + Spare requires at least 5 physical drives
Highlight the RAID level for the volume set and press <Enter>.
11. Select a RAID set from the “Create Volume From Raid” Set window and press <Enter>.
12. The Volume Creation screen shows the default values for the volume set that is currently
being configured. Use the arrow keys and <Enter> key to select and change the values to
the desired settings, and press <Esc> after the changes have been made to enter the
Initialization selection screen.
13. When prompted with the “Fast Initialization” prompt, select “Yes” to use Fast Initialization. To
use Normal initialization, select “No”. Normal Initialization takes longer, but operates in the
background so you can use the newly created volume immediately. For Fast Initialization,
the initialization must be completed before the volume set is ready to use.
14. If space remains in the RAID set, the next volume set can be configured. Repeat steps 9 to
13 to configure another volume set.
Note:
You can use this method to view existing RAID sets and Volume sets, and
make any modifications to them or delete them as desired. In the volume set
section, you can use the “Modify Volume Set” function to modify all volume set
parameters except the capacity size.
3.4 Quick Volume/Raid Setup
The Quick Volume/Raid Setup allows you to create a RAID set and volume set quickly and
easily. For detailed instructions on how to use this feature, see section 3.3.2.
3.5 RAID Set Function
The RAID Set Function option (Figure 3-3) allows you to create, edit, and delete RAID Sets and
Hot Spare drives.
