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VTrak E-Class Product Manual
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• Disk Arrays – The number of logical drives, number of physical drives,
ID of each physical drive, configurable capacity, and the media type
(hard disk drives or solid state drives).
• Logical Drives – The ID numbers of the logical drives, their RAID
levels, capacity, sector size, and stripe size.
• Spare Drives – The ID numbers of the logical drives, type (global or
dedicated) revertible option (enabled or disabled) and media type. A hot
spare drive is created for all RAID levels except RAID 0, when five or
more unconfigured physical drives are available.
4. To accept the proposed configuration, click the Submit button.
5. Click the Finish button to clear the Automatic Configuration box.
Wizard: Express Configuration
When you choose the Express option, a set of characteristics and options
appears on the screen.
This action requires Super User or Power User privileges.
To use the Express Configuration Wizard:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Wizard icon.
3. Click the Express button.
4. Check the boxes to choose any one or a combination of:
• Redundancy – The array remains available if a physical drive fails.
• Capacity – The greatest possible amount of data capacity.
• Performance – The highest possible read/write speed.
• Spare Drive – A hot spare drive is created when you choose
Redundancy, Spare Drive, and five or more unconfigured physical
drives are available.
• Mixing SATA/SAS Drive – Check this box if you want to use both SATA
and SAS drives in the same disk array.
If the box is unchecked, and you have both SATA and SAS drives, a
separate array is created for each type of drive.
5. In the Number of Logical Drives field, enter the number of logical drives
you want to make from this disk array.
Note
If you disagree with the proposed configuration, click the Cancel
button, then click the Express button or the Advanced button and
input your parameters manually.