Nytro Flash Module Configuration : Configuring the Nytro Flash Module : Configuring the Nytro Flash Modules By Using the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software : Creating Only Nytro Cache Drive

Creating Only Nytro Cache Drive

1.

Click Next.

The following dialog appears.

Figure 7. Create Nytro Cache Drive Group

Use the following procedure to perform the Manual configuration:

1.

Select a RAID level for the Nytro Cache drive from the RAID level drop-down list.

After you select an unconfigured Nytro Flash Module, the Add button is enabled.

Figure 8. Create Nytro Drive group – Dialog 2

2.

Click Add to add the selected Nytro Flash Module into the Nytro Cache Drive Group box on the right pane.

If you select more than one Nytro Flash Modules, the Create Drive Group button is enabled.

3.

Click Create Drive group.

4.

Click Next.

The following dialog appears.

Figure 9. Create Nytro Drive Group – Dialog 3

5.

Provide a name in the Nytro™ Cache Drive name box.

Based on your selection, that is, RAID 1, RAID 0, or R1-EC, the write policy is Write Back.

Write policy

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Write Back

RAID 1 Write Back caching delivers high application performance acceleration for write-intensive random I/O workloads.

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Write Through

RAID 0 and RAID 1 Write Through caching delivers high application performance acceleration for read-intensive random I/O workloads.

The newly created Nytro Cache drive group appears in the Nytro Drive groups box on the right pane as shown in the preceding figure.

The dialog confirming the creation of Nytro Cache drive appears.

6.

Click Create Virtual Drive as shown in the following figure.

Figure 10. Create Nytro Cache Drive – Create VD

7.

Click Next.

The summary of the created Nytro Cache Drive appears.

Figure 11. Create Nytro™ Cache – Summary

Check the details added.

8.

Click Finish.

Select the Logical tab on the MegaRAID Storage Manager application window to check the details of the Nytro Cache drive.