Dell 750N. 755N Server User Manual


 
Advanced Disk and Volume Management Using Array Manager 3-19
3 Click Next.
You are prompted for the volume layout and size of the volume to create.
4 Select the concatenated dynamic volume types.
NOTE: Software mirroring, striping, and software RAID are not recommended because of
performance degradation.
5
Provide a size in MB or GB.
6 Click Next.
When you create the volume, you will see a Query Max Size button. Query Max Size
works differently depending on whether you have one disk or multiple disks selected.
If you have no disks selected and you click Query Max Size, the size shown in the
Total volume size entry field will be the maximum for all available disks.
If a disk or disks are selected and you click Query Max Size, the size indicated will
be the maximum size for the selected disk(s). However, if you click Query Max
Size a second time, the size will be the maximum for all available disks.
7 After all selections are made, verify your settings and click Next.
You can choose a different disk for the volume you are creating.
8 Click Modify to display the Modify Disks dialog box.
9 Click the disk you want to change, and then click the arrow to select a disk from the
drop-down menu.
10 Choose a drive letter.
11 Click Next.
12 Format the volume using NTFS as the volume type.
13 Select an allocation unit size, if you chose to use a size other than the default.
14 Choose the file system type and, if desired, a formatting option.
NOTE: Quick format formats the disk without checking for bad sectors.
15 Click Next and then click Finish.