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Easy Configuration Creating Logical Drives by
Logical Drives created by Easy Configuration are desc
RAID Levels and the number of Logi
rib
ca
ed below.
l Drives allowed to be created
The RAID Level of a Logical Drive created by Easy
1 or RAID 5 is used is defined by RAID Levels supp
Devices used by the Logical Drive.
The number of Logical Drives allow
Co guration should be RAID 1 or RA Whether RAID
or f Physical
ed to be created i
ntroller supporting RAID Levels RAID 1 and R
nfi ID 5.
ted by the RAID Controller and the number o
s also defined by the similar conditions.
RAID Co AID 5
Number of Physical
Devices used by Logical
Drive
RAID Level of Logical Drive Number of Logical Drives allowed to be created
2 RAID 1 1
3 - 5 RAID 5 1
6 or more RAID 5 Number of Physical Devices used by Logical Drive / 3
RAID Controller supporting RAID 1 only
Number of Physical
Devices used by Logical
Drive
RAID Level of Logical Drive Number of Logical Drives allowed to be created
2 or more RAID 1 s used by Logical Drive / 2 Number of Physical Device
The Easy Configuration can only create Lo 5. gical Drives of RAID 1 or RAID
Physical Devices used for Logical Drives
Physical Devices of lower Physical Device Numbers a ical Drives to be created
excluding those for making Hot Spares.
Ex. : If Physical Devices #1 - #7 can be used for Easy evice #3 is used as a Hot
Spare, Logical Drives #1 and #2 are created with Ph hysical D ce
ely.
Figure 15 Assigning Physical Devices in Easy Configuration 1
a Logical Drive is
not equal to others, a larger number of Physical Devices should be assigned to a Logical Drive having a
re used preferentially for Log
Configuration and Physical D
ysical Devices #1 and #2 having lower P evi
Numbers and Physical Devices #5, #6 and #7, respectiv
If more than one Logical Drive are created and the number of Physical Devices configuring
smaller logical number.
Phys
Device
ical
#1
Physical
Device #2
Physical
Device #3
Hot Spare
Physical
Device #4
Physical
Device #5
Physical
Device #6
Physical
Device #7
Logical Logical
Drive #2
Drive #1
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