Choosing A Raid Level; Choosing Member Drives; Logical Drive Preferences; Maximum Drive Capacity - Compaq External RAID Controller & Subsystem Infortrend Operation Manual

Choosing a RAID Level:

A pull-down list of supported RAID levels will
appear. In this chapter, RAID 5 will be used to
demonstrate the configuration process. Choose a
RAID level for this logical drive.

Choosing Member Drives:

Choose your member drive(s) from the list of available physical
drives. The drives can be tagged for inclusion by positioning the
cursor bar on the drive and then pressing [ENTER]. An asterisk ( )
mark will appear on the selected physical drive(s). To deselect the
drive, press [ENTER] again on the selected drive. The " " mark will
disappear. Use

Logical Drive Preferences:

After all member drives have been selected, press ESC to continue
with the next option. A list of array options is displayed.

Maximum Drive Capacity:

As a rule, a logical drive should be composed of drives of the same
capacity. A logical drive can only use the capacity of each drive up
to the maximum capacity of the smallest drive.
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keys to select more drives.
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