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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 8: Configuration | Creating a New Storage Configuration
Figure 208: Create Virtual Drive – Drive group and Virtual drive settings Dialog
4. If you want to allow different types of drives in a configuration, select the Use the
drive type mixing check box.
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
window 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. Select 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 pare. 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. Select the Use drive security check box if you want to set a drive security method.
The LSI 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 11.6, LSI SafeStore Encryption Services
for more information about the SafeStore feature.