Chapter 4 Configuring StorNext
Windows Configuration Utilities
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Table 28 Server Configuration:
Stripe Groups Field / Button Description
Stripe Groups
Available - New Click to create a new stripe group. Type a
name for the stripe group and click OK.
Stripe Groups
Available - Delete Click to delete the selected stripe group.
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.