5Set the copy priority for the virtual disk copy and click Next.

The source virtual disk, the target virtual disk, and the copy priority setting that you selected appear on the Create virtual disk copies—Confirm Copy Settings dialog. The higher priorities allocate more resources to the virtual disk copy at the expense of the storage array’s performance. For more information, see "Setting Copy Priority" on page 89.

Storage Array Performance During Virtual Disk Copy

The following factors contribute to the overall performance of the storage array:

•I/O activity

•Virtual disk RAID level

•Virtual disk configuration — Number of drives in the virtual disk groups

•Virtual disk type — Snapshot virtual disks might take more time to copy than standard virtual disks

During a virtual disk copy, resources for the storage array are diverted from processing I/O activity to completing a virtual disk copy. This affects the overall performance of the storage array. When you create a new virtual disk copy, you define the copy priority to determine how much controller processing time is diverted from I/O activity to a virtual disk copy operation.

Setting Copy Priority

The Copy Priority setting defines how much of the storage array’s resources are used to complete a virtual disk copy, rather than to fulfill I/O requests. Changing the copy priorities sets the rate at which a virtual disk copy is completed.

Five copy priority rates are available: lowest, low, medium, high, and highest. If the copy priority is set at the lowest rate, I/O activity is prioritized and the virtual disk copy takes longer. At the highest priority rate, the virtual disk copy is prioritized, and I/O activity for the storage array is slower.

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