Step 2 – Logical Drive Creation
Advanced Configuration (Step 2 Logical Drive Creation)
Optional. Enter an alias for the logical drive in the field provided. Maximum of
32 characters; letters, numbers, space between characters, and underline.
Choose a
RAID level for the logical drive from the dropdown menu.
The choice of RAID levels depends the number of physical drives you se-
lected.
RAID 30 and 50 only – Specify the number of
axles for your array.
Specify a
Capacity and the unit of measure (B, KB, MB, GB, TB).
This value will be the data capacity of the first logical drive in your new disk
array. If you specify less than disk array’s maximum capacity, the remaining
capacity is available for additional logical drives that you can create now or
later.
3. For the following items, accept the default or choose a new value from the
dropdown menu:
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Stripe size. 64 KB is the default.
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64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1 MB are available.
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Sector size. 512 B is the default.
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512 B, 1 KB, 2 KB, and 4 KB are available.
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Read (cache) Policy. Read Ahead is the default.
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Read Cache, Read Ahead, and No Cache are available.
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Write (cache) Policy. Write Back is the default.
Write Back and Write Through (Thru) are available.
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