Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide - Page 266

Chapter 8: Configuration | Creating a New Storage Configuration MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Page 266 Figure 144: Create Virtual Drive Screen 4. If you want to allow different types of drives in a configuration, click the check box Use the drive type mixing. NOTE: For best results, do not use drive type mixing. 5. Select the RAID level desired for the virtual drive. When you use simple configuration, the RAID controller supports RAID levels 1, 5, and 6. In addition, it supports independent drives (configured as RAID 0). The screen text gives a brief description of the RAID level that you select. The RAID levels that you can choose depend on the number of drives available. To learn more about RAID levels, see Chapter 2, Introduction to RAID. 6. Click the Assign a hot spare check box if you want to assign a dedicated hot spare to the new virtual drive. If an unconfigured good drive is available, that drive is assigned as a hot spare. Hot spares are drives that are available to replace failed drives automatically in a redundant virtual drive (RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6). 7. Click the Use drive security check box if you want to set a drive security method. The SafeStore™ Data Security Service encrypts data and provides disk-based key management for your data security solution. This solution protects the data in the event of theft or loss of drives. Refer to Section 11.5, SafeStore Encryption Services for more information about the SafeStore feature.