Operating System Software User Manual

3PAR InForm Management Console 4.1.0 User’s Guide
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define specific values to be used by the template. Checking the Allow Override
checKiBox allow users to modify that property's value when applying the template.
b. Use the following table as a guide when choosing which properties to include in a
VV template, User Space group box:
Property Include in the template in order to...
Size
determine the size that the volume created with this template
presents to the host.
Provisioning
create a base volume template, select Fully Provisioned from
PDs.
Device Type
set the disk type, Fibre Channel (FC),Nearline (NL), or Solid State
(SSD).
Device Speed set the speed of the disk in K RPM.
Note: The Device Speed number does not represent a rotational speed for the drives
without spinning media (SSD). It is meant as a rough estimation of the performance
difference between the drive and the other drives in the system. For FC and NL drives, the
number corresponds to both a performance measure and actual rotational speed. For an
SSD drive, the number is to be treated as relative performance benchmark that takes into
account in I/O per second, bandwidth, and the access time.
RAID Type set the VV's RAID type.
Set Size set the VV's set size.
3. Click Next to enter copy space information, or click Finish.
Step 2. Copy Space Settings
1. In the Include column on the left, check the appropriate boxes to include properties in
the template. The list of values for each property are listed in the Defined Value
column on the right. Include any properties for which you wish to define specific values
to be used by the template. Checking the Allow Override checKiBox allow users to
modify that property's value when applying the template.
2. Use the following table as a guide when choosing which properties to include in a VV
template, Copy Space Settings screen:
Property Include in the template in order to...
CPG select the CPG to use for copy space.
Allocation generate an alert when the copy space of the VV exceeds the