Avago Technologies MegaRAID Fast Path Software - Manual (Page 361)

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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 8: Configuration | Changing Virtual Drive Properties
8.5.5 Power Save Mode - SSD Drives If you select the Max and Max without cache options in the Select power save mode
field in
Figure 229 , and select one or more SSD drives, and click Create Drive Group,
the following confirmation dialog appears.
Figure 230: Power Save Mode - Confirmation Dialog
8.6 Changing Virtual Drive
Properties
You can change the read policy, write policy, and other virtual drive properties at any
time after a virtual drive is created.
CAUTION: Do not enable drive caching on a mirrored drive group (RAID 1 or RAID 1E).
If you do, data can be corrupted or lost in the event of a sudden power loss. A warning
appears if you try to enable drive caching for a mirrored drive group
NOTE: For virtual drives with SAS drives only, set the drive write cache policy set to
Disabled, by default. For virtual drives with SATA drives only, set the drive write cache
policy to Enabled, by default.
To change the virtual drive properties, perform the following steps:
1. Select a virtual drive icon in the Physical tab or the Logical tab in the left panel of
the MegaRAID Storage Manager window.
2. Select Go To>>Virtual Drive>>Set Virtual Drive Properties from the menu bar, as
shown in the following figure.