Dell PowerVault DP500 - Manual (Page 33)

RAID and Disk Management
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Volume Overview
A volume is a logical entity that consists of portions of one or more physical
disks. A volume can be formatted with a file system and can be accessed by a
drive letter.
Like disks, volumes can be configured as basic or dynamic. Basic volumes
refer to all volumes that are not on dynamic disks. Dynamic volumes are
logical volumes created from dynamic disks.
It is recommended that you create all data volumes on dynamic disks. On a
hardware RAID system, only the operating system disk should remain basic.
Checking Partition or Volume Properties
1 Right-click the partition or volume to be checked.
2 From the context menu, select Properties.
The Properties window displays.
3 Review the properties for your volume.
Formatting a Partition or Volume
1 Right-click the volume or partition that you want to format, and then click
Format.
NOTICE:
A warning message appears, stating that all data on the partition will be
lost and prompts you to format the disk.
2 Click Yes to reformat the disk.
3 When prompted, select NTFS as the file system type.
NOTE:
Your storage server supports only NTFS partitions. Formatting all partitions
as NTFS allows for advanced features only available under that file system.
4 Enter a label for the volume.
The label appears on the Array Manager console. If a name has been
selected, this name appears in the Name field. You can change the name
by typing a different name.