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Creating a Logical Drive

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1.8 Creating a Logical Drive 1 From the Main Menu screen, press 2 to display the Define LD Menu. 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to select it. The Define LD Menu appears for the number you selected. 3. Choose the RAID Level you want. In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to toggle through logical drive types: ٛ RAID 0 (Stripe) ٛ RAID 1 (Mirror) ٛ RAID 5 (Stripe with Distributed Parity) ٛ RAID 10 (Stripe/Mirror) ٛ RAID Ready (Single Drive) JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) 4. Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choices depend on the RAID level you selected. ٛ Initialization. Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast, Full, and None. ٛ Stripe Block Size. Press the Spacebar to toggle through 64 KB, 128 KB and 256 KB. ٛ Gigabyte Boundary. Press the Spacebar to toggle between ON and OFF. ٛ Read Policy. Press the Spacebar to toggle through NA, Read Cache, and Read Ahead. ٛ Write Policy. Determined by the Read Policy. 12

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1.8
Creating a Logical Drive
1
From the Main Menu screen, press 2 to display the Define LD Menu.
2.
Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to select it.
The Define LD Menu appears for the number you selected.
3.
Choose the RAID Level you want. In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to toggle through logical
drive types:
RAID 0 (Stripe)
RAID 1 (Mirror)
RAID 5 (Stripe with Distributed Parity)
RAID 10 (Stripe/Mirror)
RAID Ready (Single Drive)
JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks)
4.
Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choices depend on the RAID level you selected.
Initialization. Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast, Full, and None.
Stripe Block Size. Press the Spacebar to toggle through 64 KB, 128 KB and 256 KB.
Gigabyte Boundary. Press the Spacebar to toggle between ON and OFF.
Read Policy. Press the Spacebar to toggle through NA, Read Cache, and Read Ahead.
Write Policy. Determined by the Read Policy.