Chapter 7 Thin Provisioning Pool Management
7.2 Functions in the Action Area for Thin Provisioning
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The procedure to manually select drives is as follows:
Procedure
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Click [Create] in [Action].
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Select "Manual" for the create mode, and specify the other parameters.
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Name
Input a TPP name. An existing TPP name cannot be specified.
The following input conditions apply:
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1 - 16 alphanumeric characters and symbols (except ", (comma)" and "?")
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Blank
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Disk Type
Select the type of drive that configures the TPP from the list box. When "Online" is
selected for "Disk Type", "Online" or "Nearline" disks can be selected. In this case, only
the use of "Online" disks to configure a TPP is recommended.
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Online
SAS disks
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Nearline
Nearline SAS disks
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SSD
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RAID Type
Select the type of RAID group that configures the TPP from the list box.
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High Performance (RAID1+0)
RAID1+0(2D+2M, 4D+4M, 8D+8M, 12D+12M) configuration is available
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High Capacity (RAID5)
RAID5(3D+1P, 4D+1P, 7D+1P, 8D+1P, 12D+1P) configuration is available
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High Reliability (RAID6)
RAID6(4D+2P, 6D+2P, 8D+2P) configuration is available
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Mirroring (RAID1)
RAID1(1D+1M) configuration is available
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Striping (RAID0)
RAID0(4D) configuration is available
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Thin Provisioning Pool Total Capacity
Total capacity of the TPP created with the selected RAID type and drives is displayed.
Refer to
"The maximum number of TPP and maximum TPP capacity for each model"
for details on the maximum TPP capacity.
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"The number of member drives in each RAID group"
for details on the number of member drives for
each RAID level.
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RAID0 has no data redundancy. Select "RAID1+0", "RAID5",
"RAID6" or "RAID1" for the RAID type.