HP Smart Storage Administrator - Manual (Page 28)

Operations 28
For more information, see "Using the HP SSA GUI (on page 16 )."
2. Open the Configure panel by doing one of the following:
o Choose a device and click Configure in the quick navigation menu.
o Select an available device from the Home screen, and then click Configure under the available
options.
3. Select Arrays from the Devices menu.
A list of arrays appears.
4. Select an array, and select Create Logical Drive from the Actions menu.
5. Make selections for RAID Level, Number of Parity Groups (NPG), Strip Size/Full Strip Size,
Sectors/Track, Size, Parity Initialization Method, and Caching.
6. Click Create Logical Drive to continue.
SSD Over Provisioning Optimization
Solid state devices can be optimized by deallocating all used blocks before any data is written to the drive.
The optimization process is performed when the first logical drive in an array is created and when a physical
drive is used to replace a failed drive. Not all controllers support this option.
The SSD Over Provisioning Optimization feature allows the user to disable over provisioning optimization in
the GUI.
To disable Over Provisioning Optimization:
1. Open HP SSA.
For more information, see "Using the HP SSA GUI (on page
16 )."
2. Select Unassigned Drives located under Controller Devices.