Node Type
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The
selected node type.
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OS Disks
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Use
standalone boot drives for M4 Servers check box
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By
default, this option is checked for M4 servers with sufficient standalone boot
drives.
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Use
HDD drives on M4 servers with insufficient standalone boot drives
check box
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Allows
you to enable an alternate policy for M4 servers with insufficient standalone
boot drives.
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RAID Level [OS] drop-down list
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Choose the RAID level for the OS (operating system) disks.
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Disks Per Groups field
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Specifies the number of disks that can exist per group during RAID
configuration.
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Write Mode drop-down list
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Choose either
Write through to write data without the RAID
controller cache, or
Write back to write data with the cache.
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Read Mode drop down-list
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Choose the method to read data from the disks.
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Use
Cache check box
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Check the
Use Cache check box to use the
RAID controller cache to read and write operations.
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Use
Cache if Bad BBU check box
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Check the
Use Cache if Bad BBU check box to
ensure that if the Battery Backup Unit (BBU) is not available for any reason,
Write back will be disabled and
Write Through will be enabled.
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Strip Size (MB)
drop- down list
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Allows specification, in MB, of the strip size for each disk within a stripe.
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Data Disks for Hot
Data
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RAID Level [DATA] drop-down list
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Choose the RAID level for the splunk data disks.
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Disks Per Groups field
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Specifies the number of disks that can exist per group during RAID
configuration.
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Write Mode drop-down list
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Choose either
Write through to write data without the RAID
controller cache, or
Write back to write data with the cache.
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Read Mode drop down-list
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Choose the method to read data from the disks.
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Use Cache check box
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Check the
Use Cache check box to use the
RAID controller cache to read and write operations.
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Use Cache if Bad BBU check box
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Check the
Use Cache if Bad BBU check box to
ensure that if the Battery Backup Unit (BBU) is not available for any reason,
Write back will be disabled and
Write Through will be enabled.
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Strip Size (MB)
drop- down
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Allows specification, in MB, of the strip size for each disk within a stripe.
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Data Disks for Cold
Data
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Same Disk As Hot Data check box
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Check the check box to enable that the same disk is configured
for Hot Data to also host Cold Data.
Note
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By default, all RAID configurations are available in
Data Disks for Cold Data. Checking this check box
hides all RAID configuration for cold data.
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Data Disks for Frozen
Data
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Same Disk As Cold Data check box
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Check the check box to enable that the same disk is configured
for Cold Data to also host Frozen Data.
Note
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By default, all RAID configurations are available in
Data Disks for Frozen Data. Checking this check box
hides all RAID configuration for frozen data.
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