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Determining the RAID Configuration

Installation

This guide describes the installation of the IIR controller hardware and software on a

bootable host drive. The flow chart in

Refer to the Software Guide for all other installations.

Figure 2-1. Installation of the IIR Controller and OS to a Host Drive

2.1

Determining the RAID Configuration

Begin the installation by completing the worksheet in

level, the number of disk drives, and the disk drive size for your system. Refer to the

Software Guide for more information about RAID levels and to determine the optimum

RAID level solution for your needs. After determining the appropriate RAID

configuration, follow the steps in the sections below to complete the installation.

1. In column 1, select a RAID level.

2. In column 2, note the number of disk drives supported for the RAID level you

selected.

3. In column 3, record the number of disk drives you will use for the host drive.

4. In column 4, record the capacity, in megabytes (MB), that you will need on each

physical drive.

You will enter this value as the "Used Capacity per Drive" when you are creating the

host drive. Based on the physical drive capacity value and the number of disk drives

you will use, the RAID configuration software will calculate the total host drive size

for your selected RAID level.

Note:

The capacity of the smallest drive in the initial RAID array configuration becomes the

maximum capacity that the RAID configuration software can use for each hard disk in the

host drive. This becomes important when you configure an array with hard disks of

potentially varying sizes and you want to ensure that future drives added to the disk array

will fit in the array (for example, for replacement purposes). Should a new drive have less

Figure 2-1

illustrates this particular installation.

Table 2-1

to determine the RAID

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