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Planning Applications and LUNs
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Planning LUNs and File Systems with Unshared Direct Storage
Application and LUN Planning WorksheetA sample worksheet begins as follows:
Completing the Application and LUN Planning Worksheet
Application. Enter the application name or type.
File system, partition, or drive. Write the drive letter (for Windows
only) and the partition, file system, logical volume, or drive letter
(Windows only) name.
With a system such as Windows NT, the LUNs are identified by drive
letter only. The letter does not help you identify the disk
configuration (such as RAID 5). We suggest that later, when you use
the operating system to create a partition on the unit, you use the disk
administrator software to assign a volume label that describes the
Application File system (if any)
RAID type of
LUN
LUN
ID (hex)
Disk space
required
(Gbytes)
Server name and
operating system
Application File system (if any)
RAID type of
LUN
LUN
ID (hex)
Disk space
required
(Gbytes)
Server name and
operating system
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A
I D 5 1
72
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1, NT
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