Galaxy Metal Gear 65 Manual De Usuario
Managing Arrays & Partitions
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Appendix C
Creating and Managing
Arrays & Partitions
Arrays & Partitions
Using the Disk Array Administrator, you can create and manage arrays and partitions. You can perform
the following array-related functions:
the following array-related functions:
• Create arrays (see
page 105
)
• Manage arrays (see
page 116
)
• Manage partitions (see
page 133
)
C.1 Creating Arrays
You can create an array anytime. You can create arrays from either SM A or SM B. Arrays you create
from one SM are not visible through the RS-232 or Ethernet port of the other SM. However, all unused
disk drives connected to all LRC I/O modules and all pool spares are available to both SMs.
from one SM are not visible through the RS-232 or Ethernet port of the other SM. However, all unused
disk drives connected to all LRC I/O modules and all pool spares are available to both SMs.
The maximum size for any array is 2 TB.
Table 3–1
describes the drive requirements for each RAID level.
Table 3–1
Drive requirements by RAID level
RAID level
Minimum
number of
drives
number of
drives
Maximum
number of
drives
number of
drives
Volume Set
1
1
RAID 0
2
16
RAID 1 (Mirrored)
2
16
RAID 3
3
16
RAID 4
3
16
RAID 5
3
16
RAID 50
6
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