Storage Profile Summary Page

This page displays information about all existing profiles. Click a profile name to see the profile details.

Field
Indicates
Name
The profile name.
State
The profile state:
  • In Use - A pool exists that uses this profile.
  • Not In Use - No pools exist that use this profile.
You cannot modify or delete profiles that are in use.
Type
The profile type:
  • User - The profile was created by a user.
  • Factory - The profile was provided as part of the system software.
RAID Level
The RAID level of the virtual disk:
  • RAID-0
  • RAID-1
  • RAID-5
# Drives
The number of drives associated with this profile. This is the number of disk drives that are used to construct the virtual disk in a pool using this profile.
The number of drives can be 2 to 14, or variable. If it is set to variable, you must specify the number when you create virtual disks (that is, when you add storage to the pool).
Dedicated Hot Spare
Whether the profile has a dedicated hot spare: Yes or No. The system has dedicated hot spares (controlled by this attribute) and array hot spares (controlled as an editable attribute on the Array Details page).
  • Dedicated hot spare - There is a one-to-one correspondence between a dedicated hot spare and a virtual disk (that is, the hot spare is dedicated to a specific virtual disk). This profile attribute controls whether a dedicated hot spare disk is assigned to the virtual disk when a virtual disk is created in a pool with this profile.
  • Array hot spare - This is a disk in an array that can act as a hot spare for any disk in the array.
The number of drives and dedicated hot spare attributes taken together define how many disks are consumed for each virtual disk in a pool.
Virtualization Strategy
The type of virtualization associated with the volume that is related to this profile:
  • Striped - Volumes created in pools using this profile are striped across two or more virtual disks (a pool must have two or more virtual disks to allow volume creation).
  • Concatenated - Volumes created in pools using this profile are concatenated across one or more virtual disks (a pool must have two or more virtual disks to allow volume creation).

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