Advanced Disk and Volume Management Using Array Manager 3-19
3Click Next.
You are prompted for the volume layout and size of the volume to create.
4Select the concatenated dynamic volume types.
NOTE: Software mirroring, str i pin g, and software RAID are not recommended because o f
performance degradation.
5Provide a size in MB or GB.
6Click 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.
7After all selections are made, verify your settings and click Next.
You can choose a different disk for the volume you are creating.
8Click Modify to display the Modify Disks dialog box.
9Click 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 Forma t the volu me us ing NTFS as the volume ty pe.
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.