Dell PowerVault MD3200 Deployment Guide - Page 36

The least queue depth with subset policy treats large block requests and small block requests equally. The data path selected is in the path group of the RAID controller module that owns the virtual disk. Changing Load Balance Policies in Windows Sever 2008 Load balancing with the PowerVault MD3200 Series is only available for Windows Server 2008 and later versions of the operating system. You can change the load balance policies from the default round robin with subset by using one of the following: • Device Manager options • Disk Management options Changing the Load Balance Policy Using Windows Server 2008 Device Manager Options 1 From the host desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage to open the Computer Management window. 2 Click Device Manager to show the list of devices attached to the host. 3 Right-click the multi-path disk device for which you want to set load balance policies, then select Properties. 4 From the MPIO tab, select the load balance policy you want to set for this disk device. Changing the Load Balance Policy Using the Windows Server 2008 Disk Management Options 1 From the host desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage to open the Computer Management window. 2 Click Disk Management to show the list of virtual disks attached to the host. 3 Right-click the virtual disk on which you want to set the load balance policy, then click Properties. 4 From the MPIO tab, select the load balance policy that you want to set for this virtual disk. 36 Appendix-Load Balancing