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Optimum Controller Settings for CacheCade - SSD Caching • Write Policy: Write Back • IO Policy: Cached IO • Read Policy: No Read Ahead • Stripe Size: 64 KB Optimum Controller Settings for FastPath • Write Policy: Write Through • IO Policy: Direct IO • Read Policy: No Read Ahead • Stripe Size: 64 KB Creating a Virtual Drive Using Simple Configuration Simple configuration mode is the quickest and easiest way to create a new storage configuration. When you select simple configuration mode, the system creates the best configuration possible using the available drives. Note: You cannot create spanned drives using the simple configuration procedure. To create spanned drives, use the advanced configuration procedure described in Creating a Virtual Drive Using Advanced Configuration. Follow these steps to create a new storage configuration in a simple configuration mode. 1. Access the Create Virtual Drive dialog by performing either of the following steps: • Right-click the controller node in the device tree in the left frame of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu screen, and select Create Virtual Drive. • Select the controller node, and select Operations->Create Virtual Drive in the menu bar, as shown in the following figure. Figure 21 Virtual Drive Creation Menu DB09-000202-05 37857-02 Configuration Rev. F - May 2011 Copyright © 2011 by LSI Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 39

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Configuration
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DB09-000202-05 37857-02
Rev. F - May 2011
Copyright © 2011 by LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
Optimum Controller Settings for CacheCade - SSD Caching
•
Write Policy: Write Back
•
IO Policy: Cached IO
•
Read Policy: No Read Ahead
•
Stripe Size: 64 KB
Optimum Controller Settings for FastPath
•
Write Policy: Write Through
•
IO Policy: Direct IO
•
Read Policy: No Read Ahead
•
Stripe Size: 64 KB
Creating a Virtual Drive Using Simple Configuration
Simple configuration mode is the quickest and easiest way to create a new storage configuration.
When you select simple configuration mode, the system creates the best configuration possible
using the available drives.
Note:
You cannot create spanned drives using the simple configuration procedure. To
create spanned drives, use the advanced configuration procedure described in
Creating a Virtual Drive Using Advanced Configuration
.
Follow these steps to create a new storage configuration in a simple configuration mode.
1.
Access the Create Virtual Drive dialog by performing either of the following steps:
•
Right-click the controller node in the device tree in the left frame of the MegaRAID Storage
Manager main menu screen, and select
Create Virtual Drive.
•
Select the controller node, and select
Operations->Create Virtual Drive
in the menu bar, as
shown in the following figure.
Figure 21
Virtual Drive Creation Menu