Non-standard storage types – Dell Compellent Series 40 User Manual

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Storage Center 5.5 System Manager User Guide

Disks

Non-Standard Storage Types

Advanced storage options allow you to prepare a disk folder for non-standard Storage
Types.

Note

You can prepare a disk folder for a non-standard Storage Type only if User Volume
Defaults permit you to do so. See

User Volume Defaults - Advanced on page 274

.

To add an option to create a volume with non-standard storage types

1 Select a disk folder, such as Assigned.

2 From the shortcut menu, select Configure Storage. The System Manager displays the

types of storage for which this folder is primed.

Figure 108. Modify Storage

3 Click Prepare for Additional Storage Type. Because additional Storage Types

decrease the efficiency of Data Progression, the system warns you that additional
storage types are inefficient.

4 Click Yes (Prepare Now). The Select Redundancy window appears.

Figure 109. Select Redundancy Window

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