36 Appendix—Load BalancingThe least queue depth with subset policy treats large block requests and smallblock requests equally. The data path selected is in the path group of theRAID controller module that owns the virtual disk.Changing Load Balance Policies in Windows Sever 2008Load balancing with the PowerVault MD3200 Series is only available forWindows Server 2008 and later versions of the operating system. You canchange the load balance policies from the default round robin with subset byusing one of the following:• Device Manager options• Disk Management optionsChanging the Load Balance Policy Using Windows Server 2008 DeviceManager Options1 From the host desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage toopen the Computer Management window.2 Click Device Manager to show the list of devices attached to the host.3 Right-click the multi-path disk device for which you want to set loadbalance policies, then select Properties.4 From the MPIO tab, select the load balance policy you want to set for thisdisk device.Changing the Load Balance Policy Using the Windows Server 2008 DiskManagement Options1 From the host desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage toopen the Computer Management window.2 Click Disk Management to show the list of virtual disks attached tothe host.3 Right-click the virtual disk on which you want to set the load balancepolicy, then click Properties.4 From the MPIO tab, select the load balance policy that you want to set forthis virtual disk.Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine