Logical Disk Management; Create Logical Disk - American Megatrends StorTrends 1300 User Manual

Logical Disk Management

Field Description
LD Name This field displays the name of the Logical Disk.
Capacity This field displays the capacity of the Logical Disk.
Storage Pool This field displays the name of the Storage Pool if it is part of a Storage Pool.
RAID Level This field displays the type of RAID array of the Logical Disk.
Status This field displays the status of the physical disk. The physical disk status can be in any of
the following states:
Initializing
Online
Degraded
Failed
Restoring
Expanding
Transforming

Create Logical Disk

To create a Logical Disk, select an available disk from the list of physical disks. Then
select the RAID Level, adjust the Organization (if applicable), type in the capacity, select
the Cache Option, Stripe Size and select the Spare Type (optional).
The Logical Disk is being initialized.
The Logical Disk is online and ready to use.
This means that one or more disks have failed, but the LD still can be
used. There will be performance degradation.
The Logical Disk has been rendered useless.
The Logical Disk is being restored.
The Logical Disk is being expanded.
The Logical Disk is being transformed.
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