Dl100 G2 Four-Hdd Configurations; Dl100 G2 Two-Hdd Software Raid; Dl100 G2 Two-Hdd Configuration - HP ProLiant DL100 G2 Administration Manual

Logical Disk 1
Primary Operating System Disk
Logical Disk 2
Data Volume
Physical Disk 0
Figure 5 DL100 G2 two-HDD software RAID
The drives are configured by default into two logical disks at the controller level as described in
Table 6 DL100 G2 two-HDD configuration
Logical
disk
1
2
If the operating system has a failure that might result from corrupt system files, a corrupt registry, or the
system hangs during boot, refer to
Be sure to back up your user data, and then use the System Installation and Recovery DVD to restore the
server to the factory default state as soon as conveniently possible.
DL100 G2 four-HDD configurations
The four HDDs included with the storage servers are configured for hardware RAID fault tolerance
using Adaptec RAID controllers.
NOTE:
In Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM), logical disks are labeled 1, 2, and so on. In
Microsoft Disk Manager, logical disks are displayed as 0, 1, and so on. For ASM
configuration information, the ASM installation and user guide can be obtained from
http://download.adaptec.com/pdfs/user_guides/aar2410Sa_iug.pdf.
With the DL100 G2 (Workgroup/Standard) storage servers, the OS logical drive is a hardware RAID 5
basic disk across all disks (see
basic partition across all four drives. This ensures redundancy in the event of a drive failure.
RAID 1
RAID 1
Physical Disk 1
gl0059
RAID level
RAID 1
15 GB across physical drives 0, 1
RAID 1
Remaining space across physical drives 0, 1
"System installation and
Figure
Size/allocation
recovery" on page 135.
6.) The data volume is also configured as a hardware RAID 5
HP ProLiant DL100 G2 Storage Server administration guide
Table
Purpose
OS
Data
6.
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