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Creating an Array

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2 Creating an Array In This Chapter ➤ Creating an Array Using the Wizard 2-2 ➤ Creating a Custom Array 2-4 ➤ Viewing and Setting the Default Array Creation Properties 2-8 An array (also known as a container) is two or more physical drives grouped together to appear as a single device (logical drive) to the user. You create arrays from two or more physical drives. You can create an array on any drive on your local system that is connected to a controller managed by Storage Manager Pro. You can also create arrays remotely on systems that you can access using your network. Storage Manager Pro must be installed and running on the remote system. See Chapter 4, Managing Controllers on Remote Systems. You can create an array two different ways depending on whether you want to customize the array creation settings: I Using the wizard-The Create Array Wizard guides you through determining the best array configuration for your needs. See Creating an Array Using the Wizard on page 2-2. I Using custom settings-You can customize the array creation settings. You can also change the default array creation properties. See Creating a Custom Array on page 2-4. 2-1

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2-1
2
Creating an Array
In This Chapter
An
array
(also known as a container) is two or more physical drives
grouped together to appear as a single device (logical drive) to the
user. You create arrays from two or more physical drives.
You can create an array on any drive on your local system that is
connected to a controller managed by Storage Manager Pro. You can
also create arrays remotely on systems that you can access using
your network. Storage Manager Pro must be installed and running
on the remote system. See Chapter 4,
Managing Controllers on Remote
Systems
.
You can create an array two different ways depending on whether
you want to customize the array creation settings:
■
Using the wizard
—
The Create Array Wizard guides you
through determining the best array configuration for your
needs. See
Creating an Array Using the Wizard
on page 2-2.
■
Using custom settings
—
You can customize the array creation
settings. You can also change the default array creation
properties. See
Creating a Custom Array
on page 2-4.
➤
Creating an Array Using the Wizard
2-2
➤
Creating a Custom Array
2-4
➤
Viewing and Setting the Default Array Creation Properties
2-8