Logical Drive Organization - Maxtor NAS 6000 Administration Manual

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Logical Drive Organization

A fully equipped MaxAttach consisting of a Base Unit and two Expansion Units has the
following logical drives available in its default configuration The size of each volume or
logical drive is dependent on the disk drives shipped with the system.
Table #1 - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Logical Drives
Logical Drive Name &
Location
Drive C:\ - Base Unit
Drive D:\ - Base Unit
Drive E:\ - Base Unit
Drive F:\ - Base Unit
Drive G:\ - First Expansion Unit
Drive H:\ - First Expansion Unit
Drive I:\ - Second Expansion Unit
Drive J:\ - Second Expansion Unit
The exact system storage capacity depends on the number of expansion enclosures used,
number of user data logical drives and drive arrays created, the RAID array used in each
array, and if hot standby disks have been implemented.
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Base Unit Logical Drives / Volumes
Primary operating system (O/S) logical drive. Drive C:\ is not available for user data.
Through a drive partition, its physical disks are shared with drives D:\ and E:\.
Mirror of O/S logical drive. Drive D:\ is not available for user data. Through a drive partition,
its physical disks are shared with drives C:\ and E:\
User data logical drive. Through a drive partition, its physical disks are shared with drives
C:\ and E:\. The RAID configuration of this user logical cannot be changed.
User data drive. Can be reconfigured to other RAID or JBOD types.
First Expansion Unit
User data drive. Can be reconfigured to other RAID or JBOD types.
User data drive. Can be reconfigured to other RAID or JBOD types.
Second Expansion Unit
User data drive. Can be reconfigured to other RAID or JBOD types.
User data drive. Can be reconfigured to other RAID or JBOD types.
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