Dell H200 manual Creating a RAID 1 Virtual Disk

5Press <C> and then select Save changes when the virtual disk has been fully configured.

The Configuration Utility pauses while the virtual disk is being created.

CAUTION: RAID 0 does not provide any data protection in the event of disk failure. It is primarily used to increase performance.

NOTE: Once the number of disks in a RAID virtual disk is set, it cannot be changed.

NOTE: The maximum size of the virtual disk that contains the bootable operating system is 2 Tb. This is due to operating system restrictions.The maximum volume size (non-bootable) is 16 Tb.

Creating a RAID 1 Virtual Disk

A RAID 1 virtual disk offers the ability to mirror data from one physical disk onto another one. RAID 1 volumes offer increased reliability by combining two physical disks into a single virtual disk such that each disk contains a mirrored copy of the other’s data. Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 virtual disk on a PERC H200 card that does not currently have a virtual disk configured.

1Select a controller from the Adapter List in the Configuration Utility.

2Select the RAID Properties option.

3Select Create RAID 1 Volume when you are prompted to create either a RAID 0 virtual disk, a RAID 1 virtual disk or a RAID 10 virtual disk. The next screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a virtual disk.

4Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column. To add a disk to the virtual disk, change No to Yes by pressing the <+>, <->, or space bar.

CAUTION: Data on both disks will be lost. It is recommended that you back up all data before performing these steps.

There are several limitations when creating a RAID 1 virtual disk:

•All disks must be either Dell-compliant SAS, SATA or SSD physical disks.

•SAS, SATA or SSD physical disks cannot be used in the same virtual disk.

•There must be 2 physical disks in a RAID 1 virtual disk.

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