Compaq N2400 - TaskSmart - 1 GB RAM Administration Manual page 209

8. Select the physical drive or drives that you would like to include in the
new array.
NOTE: Compaq recommends that an array set for RAID 5 consist of a maximum of 14
physical drives. The more member drives in an array, the greater the chance for
multidrive failures.
NOTE: If you are adding drives to an existing array, Compaq recommends that you add
the drives in multiples of three or four. The new drives become separate logical drives, as
described in the next section.
NOTE: The maximum number of storage units (logical drives) in a pool is eight. Therefore,
it is advantageous to make logical drives as large as possible, if you want to have large
pools from which to create virtual disks.
9. Next, click the icon showing the right-pointing arrow. All selected
drives are then moved into the right pane on the interface, designating
their inclusion in a new array.
Figure 6-5. Create Drive Array A screen
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