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Changing the cache block size for a storage system – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Provisioning Manager

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3.

In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the storage system in which you

want to access information about volumes.

4.

Click Step 2 Volume.

5.

To display only unmapped volumes, click the unmapped volumes node in the left pane.

6.

Click the button corresponding to the volume you want to delete.

7.

When you are asked if you want to delete the volume, click OK.

8.

To delete several storage volumes at once, select the storage volumes you want to delete and

then click the Delete Selected Volumes button.

NOTE:

To select all volumes, select the check box next to the Volume heading

Changing the Cache Block Size for a Storage System

Engenio and Sun 6130 storage systems let you change the cache block size on them.
To change the cache block size of a storage system:

1.

Do one of the following:
• Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight

Manager. Then, click the link for the storage system.

• Click Tools > Storage Essentials > System Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.

Then, double-click the storage system displayed in the right pane.

2.

Scroll to the bottom of the Navigation page.

3.

Click the Change button.

4.

Select the cache block size from the drop-down menu. Set a higher cache size for applications

that requires a lot of input and output, such as multimedia.

5.

Click OK.

Modifying the Cache Settings (Engenio and Sun 6130 Only)

To modify the cache settings:

1.

Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.

2.

In the right pane, click the Storage Systems tab.

3.

In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the storage system in which you

want to access information about volumes.

4.

Click Step 2 Volume.

5.

Click the Edit button (

) corresponding to the volume you want to modify.

6.

Type the cache read ahead multiplier (0 to 65535 bytes) in the Cache read-ahead multiplier

field.
A cache read ahead multiplier copies additional data blocks into the cache while it is reading

and copying host-requested data blocks from disk to cache. To disable this option, type 0.

7.

(Optional) Select Read Caching.