IBM DS8000 manual Logical Configuration flow, Rank layer, Extent pool layer, Logical volume layer

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Figure 10-8 Diagram of how parity is striped across physical disks

Rank layer

At this level the ranks are formed. Presently only one array can make up a rank.

Extent pool layer

At this level the extent pools are formed. In Figure 10-7we show that extent pool A is made up of 2 ranks: rank 1 and rank 2. The extents in the pool are 1GB.

Logical volume layer

Layer 6 is the final level of the LUN formation. As illustrated in Figure 10-7,two LUNs were created out of extent pool A. The top LUN is made up of 12 extents, making it a 12 GB LUN. The bottom LUN is made up of 24 extents, making it a 24 GB LUN.

Logical Configuration flow

Figure 10-9 on page 202 shows the recommended flow for performing the Logical Configuration using the GUI.

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IBM DS8000 manual Logical Configuration flow, Rank layer, Extent pool layer, Logical volume layer