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Determining your configuration

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3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: *Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 1 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 9. Selecting Drives for a Mirrored Array Determining your configuration Hint: The capacity of each drive is limited to the capacity of the smallest drive in the array. The total array capacity is defined as follows: RAID 0: (the number of drives) X (the capacity of the smallest drive) RAID 1: the capacity of the smallest drive RAID 5: (the number of drives - 1) X (capacity of the smallest drive) RAID10: (the number of drives / 2) X (capacity of smallest drive) . Navigate to the Create Array button after selecting all the drives for the array. Hit Enter to bring up the Create Disk Array display (see Figure 10 and Figure 11 for examples). Check that the proper drives are listed. www.3ware.com 29

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3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility
www.3ware.com
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Figure 9.
Selecting Drives for a Mirrored Array
Determining your configuration
Hint:
The capacity of each drive is limited to the
capacity of the smallest drive in the array. The total
array capacity is defined as follows:
RAID 0: (the number of drives) X (the capacity of the smallest drive)
RAID 1:
the capacity of the smallest drive
RAID 5: (the number of drives - 1) X (capacity of the smallest drive)
RAID10: (the number of drives / 2) X (capacity of smallest drive)
.
Navigate to the
Create Array
button after selecting all the drives
for the array. Hit
Enter
to bring up the
Create Disk Array
display
(see Figure 10 and Figure 11 for examples). Check that the proper
drives are listed.
3ware Disk Array Configuration
Create Array
Restore Initial Values
Previous/Next
Toggle Hot Spare
Cancel
Select/Deselect
Done
Alt-F1
F6
Enter
F8
$
Esc
Delete Array
Maintain Array
Rebuild Array
Available Drives:
*
Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30
30.0GB
*Port 1 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30
30.0GB
Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30
30.0GB
Port 3 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30
30.0GB
Disk Arrays:
Help