Administrator Guide
Copy Volumes to Disk Folder
Copy volumes from one Secure Disk folder to another folder. The target folder can be either a secure folder or a nonsecure folder.
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 From the STORAGE menu, select Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
3 Click (More Actions) and select Copy Volumes to Disk Folder.
The Copy Volumes to Disk Folder dialog box opens.
4 Choose the source volume by selecting the checkbox next to the name of the disk folder.
5 Use the drop-down menu to select the destination disk folder.
6 Click OK.
Create Secure Data Disk Folder
A Secure Data folder can contain only SEDs that are FIPS certied. If the Storage Center is licensed for Self-Encrypting Drives and
unmanaged SEDs are found, the Create Disk folder dialog box shows the Secure Data folder option.
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2
From the STORAGE menu, select Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
3 In the right pane, right-click Disks and select New Disk Folder from the drop-down menu.
The New Disk Folder dialog box opens. The dialog box displays all unmanaged disks and designates spare disks.
4 Select the Create as a Secure Data folder checkbox.
NOTE
: All non-SEDs must be removed from the Unmanaged Disks table before creating a Secure Data folder.
5 Type a name in the Name eld.
6 Select the disks to be managed and click OK.
The Secure Data Disk folder is created.
7 To modify the tier redundancy, select the Create Storage Type checkbox and then modify the redundancy for each tier as needed.
• Single Redundant: Single-redundant tiers can contain any of the following types of RAID storage:
– RAID 10 (each drive is mirrored)
– RAID 5-5 (striped across 5 drives)
– RAID 5-9 (striped across 9 drives)
• Dual redundant: Dual redundant is the recommended redundancy level for all tiers. It is enforced for 3 TB HDDs and higher and for
18 TB SSDs and higher. Dual-redundant tiers can contain any of the following types of RAID storage:
– RAID 10 Dual-Mirror (data is written simultaneously to three separate drives)
– RAID 6-6 (4 data segments, 2 parity segments for each stripe)
– RAID 6-10 (8 data segments, 2 parity segments for each stripe.)
8 Click OK.
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