Choosing between
Express and Custom configuration
In the Pool configuration wizard, you can choose from two paths to define pools on your iSCSI storage appliance:
- Choose Express configuration to
automatically configure pools on your iSCSI storage appliance. 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:
- a pool with a single physical drive is created as a simple volume
- a pool with two physical drives is assigned RAID level-1
- a pool with three or more physical drives is assigned RAID level-5
Note:
The maximum number of pools depends on the number of physical drives on the controller. You can
configure one pool per disk. For example: 4 physical disks=4 pools maximum.
- 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 Adaptec Storage Manager applies the configuration.
If you need to modify the configuration, you can do it from the configuration
summary.
- Choose Custom configuration to manually configure
pools on your iSCSI storage applianace.
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.
To exit the Configuration wizard, click Cancel.
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