Dell PowerVault MD1120 Optimization Manual

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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ POWERVAULT™ MD1XXX FAMILY SAS SOLUTION VER A02PAGE 22 6/16/2008Figure 6: Screenshot of Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard with Disk Selection DisplayedThe Create Virtual Disk Express and Create Virtual Disk Advanced wizards set the virtual diskinitialization to “Fast Initialize” by default. After completing the creation of a virtual disk using theExpress or Advanced wizard, the PERC 5/E and PERC 6/E controllers implement the virtual diskconfiguration on the selected physical disks and completes a fast initialize.Reconfiguring Virtual Disks -- RAID Migration and Capacity ExpansionServer Administrator supports RAID migration and capacity expansion with the Reconfigure VirtualDisk wizard. This wizard enables you to change a virtual disk’s RAID level or increase its size byadding one or more physical disks.The possibilities for reconfiguring a virtual disk depend on the capabilities of the RAID controller,the existing RAID level, and the available physical disks. The following table describes the possiblereconfiguration scenarios on the PERC 5/E and PERC 6/E controller.