Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H200 - Manual (Page 47)

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Select New Volume Type
The three options for creating a new volume are:
• Create RAID 1 Volume
• Create RAID 10 Volume
• Create RAID 0 Volume
Additional information about the disk type options is displayed on the screen.
Create New Volume
The Create New Volume screen allows you to select disks for a new volume.
1 Press <C> to create the volume once the volume is configured.
2 Save the changes when prompted to do so.
After the volume is created, the utility returns to the Adapter Properties
screen. See the table below for the volume properties description.
NOTE:
It is recommended that you back up your data prior to adding or updating
configurations.
Table 6-2. Volume Field Descriptions
Field Description
Volume
Number Number of current volume out of total arrays configured
Volume
Identifier Identifier text for the current volume
Volume
Type Type of volume (R0, R1 or R10)
Volume
Size (GB) Size of the volume
NOTE:
To facilitate coercion on new larger disk drives, the disk size must be
coerced down with a factor of 128 MB. Additionally, to comply with the latest
Disk Data Format standard, 512 MB of space must be reserved for RAID
metadata on the drive. This results in several hundred MB of space being
removed from the usable size of an volume when it is created.
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