Quantum 3.5 Click to create a new stripe group. Type a, Name for the stripe group and click OK

Table 28 Server Configuration: Stripe Groups

	Chapter 4 Configuring StorNext
	Windows Configuration Utilities
Field / Button	Description
Stripe Groups	Click to create a new stripe group. Type a
Available - New	name for the stripe group and click OK.
Stripe Groups	Click to delete the selected stripe group.
Available - Delete
Status: Up	Select to enable the selected stripe group.
	When enabled, the stripe group is available to
	the configured file system for I/O.
Exclusive	Select to allow only file types associated with
	the affinities specified under Affinities to be
	stored on the stripe group.
MetaData	Select to allow file system metadata to be
	stored on the stripe group.
Journal	Select to allow the file system logging journal
	to be stored on the stripe group.
Affinities - New	Click to add a new affinity to the stripe group.
	Type the name of the new affinity and click
	OK. (Affinity names cannot be longer than
	eight characters.)
Affinities - Delete	Click to the delete the selected affinity.
Pathing Method	Select a method for how the file system
	accesses the disk:
	• Rotate: Chooses an I/O path based on load.
	• Static: Always uses the same I/O path.
	• Sticky: Chooses an I/O path based on the
	identity of the target file.
Rtios	Type the number of disk I/O operations per
	second available to real-time applications
	using the Quality of Service (QOS) API.
RtiosReserve	Type the minimum number of disk I/O
	operations per second reserved for non-real-
	time applications.

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