HP NetRAID-4M Controller - Manual (Page 179)

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Working with Multi-level Containers
Understanding the Stripe Set of Volume Set Attributes You can Specify
You use the container create mstripe command to create a
stripe set of volume sets. Before creating a stripe set of volume sets,
consider the following stripe set of volume sets attributes you can
specify:
■ stripe size
■ container label
Specifying Stripe Size When Creating a Stripe Set of Volume Sets
The stripe size attribute indicates the stripe size for a container.
Stripe size is the amount of data written to a partition before the I/O
data stream switches to the next partition in the stripe. The stripe
size can be 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB. You need to determine the
stripe size that is most suitable for your environment. Note that you
can use the
container reconfigure command at a later time to
change the stripe size. See the container reconfigure
command in Chapter 9, Modifying Containers, for a description of the
container reconfigure command. You display the stripe size
of a stripe set of volume sets with the container list command.
See Understanding How to Create a Stripe Set of Volume Sets for
information on the
container list command.
In the following example, the container create mstripe
command with the /stripe switch creates a stripe set of volume sets
specifying a stripe size of 64 KB.
HPN0> container create mstripe /stripe=64K 0 1
Executing: container create mstripe /stripe_size=65,536 0 1
Container 0 created
Specifying a Label for a Stripe Set of Volume Sets
The container label attribute identifies a name assigned to a
container. Note that this label is not the label that displays in
Windows Explorer and Disk Administrator. You can specify a label
while creating a stripe set of volume sets or at a later time using the
container set label command to specify a label at a later time.
See Displaying and Setting a Container Label in Chapter 6, Working
with Container Attributes, for a description of the
container set
label command.