Optimum Controller Settings For Fastpath; Creating A Virtual Drive Using Simple Configuration - LSI X79 Extreme11 User Manual

Optimum Controller Settings for CacheCade - SSD Caching
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Write Policy: Write Back
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IO Policy: Cached IO
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Read Policy: No Read Ahead
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Stripe Size: 64 KB

Optimum Controller Settings for FastPath

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Write Policy: Write Through
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IO Policy: Direct IO
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Read Policy: No Read Ahead
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Stripe Size: 64 KB

Creating a Virtual Drive Using Simple Configuration

Simple configuration mode is the quickest and easiest way to create a new storage configuration.
When you select simple configuration mode, the system creates the best configuration possible
using the available drives.
Note:
Follow these steps to create a new storage configuration in a simple configuration mode.
1. Access the Create Virtual Drive dialog by performing either of the following steps:
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Right-click the controller node in the device tree in the left frame of the MegaRAID Storage
Manager main menu screen, and select Create Virtual Drive.
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Select the controller node, and select Operations->Create Virtual Drive in the menu bar, as
shown in the following figure.
Figure 21
Configuration
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You cannot create spanned drives using the simple configuration procedure. To
create spanned drives, use the advanced configuration procedure described in
Creating a Virtual Drive Using Advanced
Virtual Drive Creation Menu
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