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Choosing the Configuration Method, Easy Configuration, Reserved Disk Space during Configuration

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Choosing the Configuration Method Easy Configuration In Easy Configuration, each physical array you create is associated with exactly one logical drive, and you can modify the following parameters: • RAID level • stripe size • cache write policy • read policy • I/O policy If logical drives have already been configured when you select Easy Configuration, the configuration information is not disturbed. See page 19 for instructions on Easy Configuration. New Configuration In New Configuration, you can select the following logical drive parameters: • RAID level • stripe size • cache write policy • read policy • I/O policy • logical drive size • spanning of arrays If you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on the selected controller is destroyed when the new configuration is saved. See page 23 for instructions on New Configuration. View/Add Configuration View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive parameters as New Configuration without disturbing the existing configuration information. You can also choose to enable the Configuration on Disk feature. See page 26 for additional information. Reserved Disk Space during Configuration Up to 32 KB of disk space is reserved when a hard disk drive is being configured. Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 17

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Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility
17
Choosing the Configuration Method
Easy Configuration
In Easy Configuration, each physical array you create is associated with
exactly one logical drive, and you can modify the following parameters:
•
RAID level
•
stripe size
•
cache write policy
•
read policy
•
I/O policy
If logical drives have already been configured when you select Easy
Configuration, the configuration information is not disturbed. See page 19 for
instructions on Easy Configuration.
New Configuration
In New Configuration, you can select the following logical drive parameters:
•
RAID level
•
stripe size
•
cache write policy
•
read policy
•
I/O policy
•
logical drive size
•
spanning of arrays
If you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on the
selected controller is
destroyed when the new configuration is saved
. See page
23 for instructions on New Configuration.
View/Add Configuration
View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive
parameters as New Configuration
without disturbing
the existing configuration
information. You can also choose to enable the Configuration on Disk feature.
See page 26 for additional information.
Reserved Disk Space during Configuration
Up to 32 KB of disk space is reserved when a hard
disk drive is being configured.