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Chapter 1: Overview
Technical Support
1.7.1
Valid Drive Mix Configurations
with HDDs and CacheCade – SSD
Caching software
Page 18
You can allow a virtual drive to consist of both CacheCade – SSD Caching software and
HDDs. For virtual drives that have both CacheCade – SSD Caching software and HDDs,
you can choose whether to mix SAS drives and SATA drives on the CacheCade – SSD
Caching software devices.
You can choose whether to allow a virtual drive to consist of both CacheCade – SSD
Caching software devices and HDDs. For a virtual drive that consists of CacheCade –
SSD Caching software only, you can choose whether to allow SAS CacheCade – SSD
Caching software drives and SATA CacheCade – SSD Caching software drives in that
virtual drive. For virtual drives that have both CacheCade – SSD Caching software and
HDDs, you can choose whether to mix SAS and SATA HDD drives with SAS and SATA
CacheCade – SSD Caching software devices in various combinations.
Table 1
lists the valid drive mix configurations you can use when you create virtual
drives and allow HDD and CacheCade – SSD Caching software mixing. The valid drive
mix configurations are based on manufacturer settings.
Table 1:
Valid Drive Mix Configurations
#
1.
SAS HDD with SAS SDD (SAS-only configuration)
2.
SATA HDD with SATA CacheCade – SSD Caching software (SATA-only configuration)
3.
SAS HDD with a mix of SAS and SATA CacheCade – SSD Caching software (a SATA HDD
cannot be added)
4.
SATA HDD with a mix of SAS and SATA CacheCade – SSD Caching software (a SAS HDD
cannot be added)
5.
SAS CacheCade – SSD Caching software with a mix of SAS and SATA HDD (a SATA
CacheCade – SSD Caching software cannot be added)
6.
SATA CacheCade – SSD Caching software with a mix of SAS and SATA HDD (a SAS
CacheCade – SSD Caching software cannot be added)
7.
A mix of SAS and SATA HDD with a mix of SAS and SATA CacheCade – SSD Caching
software
8.
A CacheCade – SSD Caching software cannot be added to a HDD, but a SAS/SATA mix is
allowed.
NOTE: Only one of the valid configurations listed in
controller card manufacturing settings.
NOTE: The valid drive mix also applies to hot spares. For hot spare information, see
Section 2.4.12, Hot Spares, on
Valid Drive Mix Configurations
Table 1
page 28.
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