Changing Load Balance Policies In Windows Sever 2008 - Dell PowerVault MD3600f Deployment Manual

The least queue depth with subset policy treats large block requests and small
block requests equally. The data path selected is in the path group of the
RAID controller module that owns the virtual disk.

Changing Load Balance Policies in Windows Sever 2008

Load balancing with the PowerVault MD3600 series is only available for
Windows Server 2008 or later versions of the operating system. You can
change the load balance policies from the default round robin with subset by
using one of the following:
• Device Manager options
• Disk Management options
Changing the Load Balance Policy Using Windows Server 2008 Device
Manager Options
1 From the host desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage to
open the Computer Management window.
2 Click Device Manager to show the list of devices attached to the host.
3 Right-click the multi-path disk device for which you want to set load
balance policies, then select Properties.
4 From the MPIO tab, select the load balance policy you want to set for this
disk device.
Changing the Load Balance Policy Using the Windows Server 2008 Disk
Management Options
1 From the host desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage to
open the Computer Management window.
2 Click Disk Management to show the list of virtual disks attached to
the host.
3 Right-click the virtual disk on which you want to set the load balance
policy, then click Properties.
4 From the MPIO tab, select the load balance policy that you want to set for
this virtual disk.
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