IBM Storwize V5030 User Manual

Chapter 1. Overview of the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 system 25
򐂰 Striped
A striped volume is allocated one extent in turn from each MDisk in the storage pool. This
process continues until the space that is required for the volume is satisfied.
It also is possible to supply a list of MDisks to use.
Figure 1-10 shows how a striped volume is allocated, assuming that 10 extents are
required.
Figure 1-10 Striped volume
򐂰 Sequential
A sequential volume is a volume in which the extents are allocated one after the other from
one MDisk to the next MDisk, as shown in Figure 1-11.
Figure 1-11 Sequential volume
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IBM Storwize V5030 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	Storwize V5030
Category	Storage
Language	English