Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Create a Storage Type

Creating a Storage Type sets the redundancy level for each tier and assigns the Storage Type to a disk folder.

1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere Central.
2. From the STORAGE menu, click Storage Types.
   The Storage Types view is displayed.
3. Click (New).
   The New Storage Type dialog box opens.
4. Select a disk folder from the Disk Folder drop-down menu.
5. Select a redundancy type.
   • Redundant: Protects against the loss of any one drive (if single redundant) or any two drives (if dual redundant).
   • Non-Redundant: Uses RAID 0 in all classes, in all tiers. Data is striped but provides no redundancy. If one drive fails, all data is lost.
     NOTE Non-Redundant is not recommended because data is not protected against a drive failure. Do not use non-redundant storage for a volume unless the data has been backed up elsewhere.
6. For Redundant Storage Types, you must select a redundancy level for each tier unless the drive type or size requires a specific redundancy level
   • Single Redundant: Single-redundant tiers can contain any of the following types of RAID storage:
     • RAID 10 (each drive is mirrored)
     • RAID 5-5 (striped across 5 drives)
     • RAID 5-9 (striped across 9 drives)

   • Dual redundant: Dual redundant is the recommended redundancy level for all tiers. It is enforced for 3 TB HDDs and higher and for 18 TB SSDs and higher. Dual-redundant tiers can contain any of the following types of RAID storage:
     • RAID 10 Dual-Mirror (data is written simultaneously to three separate drives)
     • RAID 6-6 (4 data segments, 2 parity segments for each stripe)
     • RAID 6-10 (8 data segments, 2 parity segments for each stripe.)
7. Select a Page Size:
   • Standard (2 MB Datapage Size): Default datapage size, this selection is appropriate for most applications.
   • High Performance (512 KB Datapage Size): Appropriate for applications with high performance needs, or in environments in which snapshots are taken frequently under heavy I/O. Selecting this size increases overhead and reduces the maximum available space in the Storage Type. All-Flash storage systems use 512 KB by default.
   • High Density (4 MB Datapage Size): Appropriate for systems that use a large amount of disk space and take snapshots infrequently.
8. Drive Addition is selected by default. Leave this option selected.
9. Click OK.