Setting the Size of Volumes Created with Auto-Carving

If you create units over 2 TB in size and use auto-carving to divide them into multiple volumes, you can control the size of the volumes to be created by setting the carve size (referred to as carving factor in 3BM) to use. The carve size can be between 1 TB (1024 GB) and 2 TB (2048 GB); the default is 2 TB.

When you change this policy, it applies to units you create in the future. Existing units will not be affected.

To set the carve size

Choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar in 3DM.
In the Other Controller Settings section at the bottom of the screen, in the Carve Size field, enter the size you want (between 1024 GB and 204  GB) to use and click Submit.

The page refreshes, and a message at the top confirms the change you have made.

Note: Some hard drives require that the power management jumper (PM2) be set to enable staggered spinup, in order for the SATA OOB option to be used. For more information, see the knowledgebase article 14889, at http:// www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=14889

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