Choosing between
Express and Custom configuration
In the Configuration wizard, you can choose from two paths to define pools on your external storage enclosure:
- Click Express configuration for a quick and easy path for you to
automatically configure pools on your enclosure. This path creates the most
efficient configuration based on the number and capacity of the
ready physical drives available in your system. Express configuration does the following:
- Creates pools by grouping together same-sized physical drives, starting with the largest drives first. Drives
within 2% of the same capacity are grouped together.
- Assigns a RAID level based on the number of physical drives in a pool:
- Designates a hot-spare
drive for the controller if the largest ready drive
is larger than any existing hot spare.
Note: When you
choose Express configuration, you have the opportunity to review and approve
the configuration before the Adaptec Storage Manager applies the configuration.
If you need to modify the configuration, you can do it from the configuration
summary.
- Click Custom configuration for a path that lets you manually configure
pools on your external storage enclosure.
Using the Custom path, you can:
When you are ready to continue, click Next. For Express configuration, the "Configuration summary" window opens.
For Custom configuration, the "Define RAID level" window opens.
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