Working With Arrays - IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction And Implementation Manual

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planning tasks" on page 29 to determine the best RAID level for your specific
environment and application.
– Select the line with required capacity in the list and click Finish. In our example
(Figure 9-7), we create a RAID1 array with two 15kRPM SAS drives.
Figure 9-7 RAID level and capacity
4. The Array Success dialog box (Figure 9-8) appears and confirms that the Array is now
created. You can click Yes to continue with the creation of a logical drive (see chapter
9.4.1, "Create Logical Drive" on page 239). Select No to finish for now.
Figure 9-8 Array Created
5. Your empty Array is created immediately, as it does not need to format any Logical Drive
capacity. You can repeat the same process for creating another array.

9.3 Working with Arrays

The Array (sometimes referenced also as Disk Group) is a set of disks with defined RAID
level. You can configure one or more Logical Drives on it. Available capacity of the Array is
displayed in Logical pane tree as a Free Capacity. If no Logical Drives are configured, the free
capacity displayed is also total capacity of the Array.
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