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Click Yes to confirm the write policy
9.
mode you have chosen.
10. Click Next after you finish defining
virtual drives. The configuration
preview screen appears, as shown
in the right figure.
11. Check the information in the
configuration preview screen.
12. If the virtual drive configuration is
acceptable, click Accept to save
the configuration. Otherwise, click
Back to return to the previous screens and change the configuration.
13. If you accept the configuration, click Yes at the prompt to save the
configuration.
14. Click Yes at the prompt to start initialization.
15. After the virtual drive is successfully
created, the Manage SSD Caching
screen appears. Click Cancel to
close the sceen.
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1
In RAID 1, the RAID controller duplicates all data from one drive to a second
drive. RAID 1 provides complete data redundancy, but at the cost of doubling the
required data storage capacity. It is appropriate for small databases or any other
environment that requires fault tolerance but small capacity.
When you select Manual Configuration and click Next, the Drive Group
Definition screen appears. Use this screen to select drives to create drive groups.
Hold <Ctrl> while selecting two ready drives in the Drives panel on the left.
1.
Click Add to Array to move the drives to a proposed drive group
2.
configuration in the Drive Groups panel on the right.
Select a preferred power save mode. The power save mode can be Max,
3.
Max without cache, Auto, None, and Controller defined. If you need to
undo the changes, click the Reclaim button.
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