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• Read the online help found in the WebUI.
• Do not alter the Operating System Disk Labeled Local Disk C:.
• Do not alter the disk labeled "DON'T ERASE."
• The use of software RAID-based dynamic volumes is not recommended; use the array controller
instead, it is more efficient.
• The largest disk that Windows Storage Server 2003 can accommodate from a storage system is
2 TB.
• HP does not recommend spanning array controllers with dynamic volumes.
• Use meaningful volume labels with the intended drive letter embedded in the volume label, if
possible. (For example, volume e: might be named "Disk E:.") Volume labels often serve as the
only means of identification.
• Record all volume labels and drive letters in case of system Quick Restore. (See
disks after quick
• When managing basic disks, only the last partition on the disk can be extended unless the
disk is changed to dynamic.
• Basic disks can be converted to dynamic without bringing the system offline or loss of data, but
the volume is unavailable during the conversion.
• Basic disks can contain up to four primary partitions (or three primary partitions and one
extended partition).
• Format drives with a 16 K allocation size for best support of shadow copies, performance,
and defragmentation.
• NTFS formatted drives are recommend since they provide the greatest level of support for shadow
copies, encryption, and compression.
• Only basic disks can be formatted as FAT or FAT32. Dynamic disks are not supported, nor
can they be configured in a cluster.
Volumes page
On the Volumes page, administrators can select to manage volumes, schedule defragmentation, and set
or manage quotas. The Volumes page displays all volumes that are formatted NTFS on the system. It
does not display the volume type (for example simple or spanned) nor volumes that are FAT32 or FAT. To
display these types of volumes, click Manage. All volumes are displayed.
See the Managed Disks page to view a list of disks, and the volumes assigned to them. The drive
letters for volumes that encompass multiple disks appear on multiple rows on the display.
42 Disk and Volume Management
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