Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head - Manual (Page 468)

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Product Manual Manage with CLU
To create a disk array with different characteristics, repeat the steps above specifying differ-
ent parameters but choose the Express or Advanced option.
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To create a disk array using the Express feature:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Create New Array and press Enter .
3. Highlight Configuration Method and press the spacebar to toggle to Express .
4. Highlight the following options and press to spacebar to choose Yes or No :
• Redundancy
• Capacity
• Performance
• Spare Drive
• Mixing SATA/SAS Drive
If you choose No, and you have both SATA and SAS drives, a separate array is created for
each type of drive.
5. Highlight Number of Logical Drives and press the backspace key to erase the current value, then enter
the number of logical drives you want.
6. Highlight Application Type and press the spacebar to toggle though the applications and choose the
best one for your disk array.
• File Server
• Video Stream
• Transaction Data
• Transaction Log
• Other
7. Press Control-A to save your settings and move to the next screen.
8. Review the proposed configuration of disk array and logical drives.
To accept the proposed configuration and create the disk array and logical drives, highlight Save
Configuration and press Enter .
To reject the proposed configuration, highlight Cancel Array Configuration and press Enter . You