Quantum 3.5 manual Disk Types

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	Windows Configuration Utilities
Field / Button	Description
Allocation Strategy	Select the method of allocation for new disk
	blocks:
	• Round: Alternate between similar stripe
	groups. (Default)
	• Fill: Use the stripe group with the least
	amount of free space (that can
	accommodate the file) before using the
	stripe group with the next smallest amount
	of free space.
	• Balance: Use the stripe group with the most
	free space.
“Nobody” UID	Type the Windows user ID to use when no
	user ID can be found using Active Directory.
“Nobody” GID	Type the Windows group ID to use when no
	group ID can be found using Active
	Directory.
Default File Mode	Type the permission mode to use when
	creating files.
Default Directory	Type the permission mode to use when
Mode	creating directories.
Use Fabricated IDs	Select if the metadata controller is running on
	Apple MacOS X.

Disk Types

Use the Disk Types tab (figure 51) to define disk types used in the file system.

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