
Galaxy Web GUI User Reference Manual
2-4 Before You Start: Understanding GALAXY Storage Architecture
Physical drives are included in logical drives. If a
logical drive is not partitioned, all its capacity will
appear as a single “partition 0.”
In a standard HDX3 and older RAIDs, logical
volumes and multiple partitions in an LD are
optional.
3. The HDX4 Data Service features include: Snapshot, Volume Copy,
Volume Mirror, and a scheduler tool for these features.
4. The Data Service functions in the HDX4 DS series can only be configured
through the Storage Manager console. You can not create Data Service
configurations using an RS-232 terminal and LCD keypad.
5. There are limitations for HDX3 and HDX4 DS series:
• A standard HDX3 cannot be upgraded to HDX4 DS.
• A Logical Volume in HDX4 DS cannot span across two DS RAID
systems.
• An HDX4 DS cannot be downgraded to HDX3.
• A Physical LD configured in HDX3 cannot be moved and installed into a
Logical Volume in HDX4 DS.
Limitations on storage volumes are:
• You can not divide a logical partition (create another partition from an
existing one; yet you can create partitions as long as there is free space
in a volume).
• You can not shrink the size of an existing partition.
• The size of a logical volume can start from 11GB to 256TB
• Max. no. of logical volumes per system – 16
• Max. no. of logical drives per logical volume – 16
• Min. size of a logical partition – 11GB
• Max. no. of partitions per logical volume -128
• Logical volumes can be expanded. To expand a logical volume, expand
all logical drives within it, and then you exert the Expand Logical
Volume command.
Software features are separately-purchased and available via software
licenses:
They include:
• Galaxy HDX4 DS In-System Replication (Snapshot + Volume
Copy/Mirror of volumes within the same storage configuration consisting
of 1 RAID system and multiple JBODs)
• Galaxy HDX4 DS Remote Replication (Copy or Mirror between
volumes managed by two different systems)
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