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HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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3PAR InForm Management Console 4.1.0 User’s Guide

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specified percentage of the VV size.

Allocation Limit

prevent the copy space from growing beyond the specified

percentage of the VV size.

3. Click Next to enter policy and geometry information, or click Finish


Step 3. Allocation Settings

1. In the Include column on the left, check the appropriate boxes to include properties in

the template. The list of values for each property are listed in the Defined Value
column on the right. Include any properties for which you wish to define specific values

to be used by the template (for example, a step size of 128 KIB). Checking the Allow
Override
checKiBox allow users to modify that property's value when applying the
template.

2. Use the following table as a guide when choosing which properties to include in a CPG

template, Allocation Settings screen:

Property

Include in the template in order to...

Availability

set the level of failure tolerance for a volume created with this

template. Choices are Cage - default, Port, Magazine.

Step Size

determine the number of contiguous bytes that the system accesses

before moving to the next chunklet within logical disks supporting
volumes created with this template. From the Step Size list, select 32,

64, 128, 256, or 512 KiB. For RAID 6 you can select 32, 64, or 128.

Preferred
Chunklets

indicate whether the logical disks supporting volumes created with this

template should tend to use chunklets near the beginning of the
physical disks or the end of the physical disks. Choices are Fast-
default, Slow.

3. Click Next to enter disk filter information, or click Finish.


Step 4. Disk Filter
The Disk Filter displays the physical disks used. Pattern displays the parameters of the
disks used.
To modify the list of disks used:

1. Click the Filter icon.
2. See

Filtering

for details.

3. Click Next, or click Finish.