Creating An Allocation Group - Avid Technology Unity LANserver EX3 Setup Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring a LANshare LANserver EX

Creating an Allocation Group

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6. If you did not use all of the drives in the drive set, select the remaining
drives in the right section of the window, and select Drives > Make Drive
Spare.
7. Click Data Drive Set in the left section of the window. All of the drives
should move from Raw Drives to Data Drive Set.
8. Quit the Setup Manager.
An allocation group defines how the drives in a drive set are partitioned to
store data. If you have drives of different sizes, they must be in separate
allocation groups.
To create an allocation group:
1. Open the Administration Tool. See the Avid Unity MediaNetwork
Management Guide for additional information about using the
Administration Tool.
2. Click the Allocation Groups tab.
3. Click the Partition Disk Set icon in the left section of the window. All of
the drives should appear in the right section of the window.
4. Select each of the drives by clicking the check box before the drive
number.
For best performance, Avid recommends you create a single allocation group
using all 16 drives. You can then create multiple workspaces within the
allocation group.
5. Click the New Group button. A dialog box opens asking if you are sure
you want to create the allocation group.
6. Click Yes. The allocation group is created.
7. Leave the Administration Tool running.